Millstein, Roberta L. (2001) Evolution. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper is an overview of the philosophy of evolution - past, present, and future - to be published in <I>The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science</I>, edited by P.K. Machamer and M. Silberstein. It surveys the following topics: the neutralist/selectionist debate, the adapationist programme and its challenges, sociobiology, contingency, laws of biology, the species category problem, the species taxon problem, the tautology problem, fitness, units of selection.
| Item Type: | Preprint |
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| Keywords: | evolution, the neutralist/selectionist debate, the adapationist programme and its challenges, sociobiology, contingency, laws of biology, the species category problem, the species taxon problem, the tautology problem, fitness, units of selection |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Roberta L. Millstein |
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| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2003 |
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| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:11 |
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| Item ID: | 1139 |
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| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1139 |
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