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A Palindrome: Conscious Living Creatures as Instruments of Nature; The Latter as an Instrument of the Former - http://electroneubio.secyt.gov.ar/a_palindrome.pdf
Mario Crocco's essay examines a palindromic relationship between astrophysical-biological evolution and mind-possessing living creatures in it.

A Palindrome: Conscious Living Creatures as Instruments of Nature; The Latter as an Instrument of the Former. - http://electroneubio.secyt.gov.ar/a_palindrome.htm
A palindromic relationship is reported between astrophysical-biological evolution and mind-possessing living creatures in it. Essay by Mario Crocco.

Biodiversity - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/biodiversity/
Discussion of philosophical issues related to biological diversity; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Daniel P. Faith.

Biofractal Evolution Center - http://biofractalevolution.com
Site dedicated to promoting post-Darwinian evolutionary science.

Biological Altruism - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/
Discussion of how altruistic behavior by organisms fits with the theory of evolution; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Samir Okasha.

Biology and Philosophy - http://www.springerlink.com/content/102856/
Permits access to the table of contents for each of the archived issues of this journal. Also includes information for authors.

Biology Instructional Philosophy - http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/philosophy/
Designed for prospective and practicing elementary school teachers, provides a biology lesson, knowledge mapping, and alternative ideas for effectiveness in teaching biology.

Cognition and Biological Evolution - http://cogprints.org/4811/
Idealist philosophy resolves a fundamental paradox in the materialist account of evolution. Essay by Axel Randrup.

Definition of Life - http://baharna.com/philos/life.htm
Reviews and analyzes various attempts to define life in terms of negentropy and complexity theory.

History and Philosophy of Biology Resources - http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/millstein/philbio.html
Directory devoted to the field by Roberta L. Millstein includes references works, societies, weblogs, journals, historians and philosophers of biology.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/species/ - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/species/
Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Marc Ereshefsky.

If Horses Had Hands - http://www.criminalanimal.org/people/writings/cyberchimp/horses.htm
A philosophy paper by Tom Tyler examining the arguments on the concept of anthropomorphism.

International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology - http://www.ishpssb.org/
ISHPSSB brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including the life sciences, and the history, philosophy, and social studies of science.

Philosophy of Biology Web Pages - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dietrich/bio5.html
Maintained by Michael R. Dietrich, of the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College; includes links to web sites and online articles dealing with the philosophy of biology and related subjects.

Philosophy of Genetics - http://freewill.typepad.com
Weblog provides commentary and links on topics related to the philosophy of genetics.

Teleological Notions in Biology - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleology-biology/
Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Colin Allen.

The Aesthetics of Evolution - http://www.gis.net/~waverly/Evolution-Aesthetics-TRO.htm
Discussion of the beauty of evolution; explains that evolution is continuous and discontinuous at once, as is a good poem, or a work of art.

The Biological Notion of Self and Non-self - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/biology-self/
Stanford Encyclopedia entry on the notion of the immune self; by Alfred Tauber.

Theoretical Biology and Philosophy of Biology - http://www.nbi.dk/~emmeche/theobiophi.html
A list of persons, institutes, research groups and journals within theoretical biology, philosophy and history of biology, and related areas of research.

Virtual Reality:Consciousness Really Explained - http://www.foothill.net/~jerryi
A scientific hypothesis for the origin of mind based in evolutionary biology. Includes downloadable manuscript and a few graphics.

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