I. Introduction: Sahotra Sarkar (University of Texas) and Anya Plutynski (University of Utah).

II. Molecular Biology and Genetics.

II.1. Gene Concepts: Staffan Muller-Wulle (University of Exeter).

II.2. Biological Information: Stefan Artmann (University of Jena).

II.3. Heredity and Heritability: Richard Lewontin (Harvard University).

II.4. Genomics, Proteomics, and Beyond: Sahotra Sarkar (University of Texas).

III. Evolution.

III.1. Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism: James G. Lennox (University of Pittsburgh).

III.2. Systematics and Taxonomy: Marc Ereshefsky (University of Calgary).

III.3. Population Genetics: Christopher Stephens (University of British Columbia).

III.4. Units and Levels of Selection: Samir Okasha (University of Bristol).

III.5. Molecular Evolution: Michael R. Dietrich (Dartmouth College) and John Beatty (University of British Columbia).

III.6. Speciation and Macroevolution: Anya Plutynski (University of Utah).

III.7. Adaptationism: Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard University) and Jon F. Wilkins (Harvard University).

IV. Developmental Biology.

IV.1. Phenotypic Plasticity and Reaction Norms: Jonathan Kaplan (University of Tennessee).

IV.2. Explaining the Ontogeny of Form: Philosophical Issues: Alan C. Love (University of Minnesota).

IV.3. Development and Evolution: Ron Amundson (University of Hawaii).

V. Immunology.

V.1. Self and Non-Self: Moira Howes (Trent University).

V.2. Health and Disease: Dominic Murphy (Caltech).

VI. Ecology.

VI.1. Population Ecology: Mark Colyvan (University of Sydney).

VI.2.Complexity, Diversity, and Stability: James Justus (University of Texas, Austin).

VI.3. Ecosystems: Kent A. Peackock (University of Lethbridge).

VI.4. Biodiversity: Its Meaning and Value: Bryan Norton (Georgia Institute of Technology).

VII. Mind and Behavior.

VII.1. Ethology, Sociobiology, and Evolutionary Psychology: Paul Griffiths (University of Pittsburgh).

VII.2. Cooperation: J. McKenzie Alexander (London School of Economics).

VII.3. Language and Evolution: Derek Bickerton (University of Hawaii).

VIII. Experimentation, Theory, and Themes.

VIII.1. What is Life?: Mark Bedau (Reed College).

VIII.2. Experimentation: Marcel Weber (University of Hanover).

VIII.3. Is Biology Like Physics?: Marc Lange (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).

VIII.4. Models: Jay Odenbaugh (Lewis and Clark College).

VIII.5. Function and Teleology: Justin Garson (University of Texas, Austin).

VIII.6. Reductionism in Biology: Alexander Rosenberg (Duke University).

Index