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Millstein, Roberta L. (2001) Evolution. UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)

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    This paper is an overview of the philosophy of evolution � past, present, and future � to be published in <I>Blackwell's 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.

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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
    Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
    Depositing User: Dr. Roberta L. Millstein
    Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2001
    Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 11:10
    Item ID: 210
    Public Domain: No
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/210

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