INTRODUCTION. WHAT IS EPIGENETICS? 1
1. HOW EPIGENETICS DEALS WITH BIOLOGICAL
COMPLEXITY 13
2. CHALLENGES OF EPIGENETICS IN LIGHT OF THE
EXTENDED EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS 41
3. CAUSAL EXPLANATION 90
4. MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION 129
5. ASSESSING THE EXPLANATORY POWER OF
EPIGENETICS 168
CONCLUSION. A PHILOSOPHY OF EPIGENETICS 201
Notes 217
References 245
Index 301