Okasha, Samir (2004) Multi-Level Selection and the Major Transitions in Evolution. In: UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)
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A number of recent biologists have used multi-level selection theory to help explain the major transitions in evolution. I argue that in doing so, they have shifted from a ‘synchronic’ to a ‘diachronic’ formulation of the levels of selection question. The implications of this shift in perspective are explored, in relation to an ambiguity in the meaning of multi-level selection. Though the ambiguity is well-known, it has never before been discussed in the context of the major transitions.
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| Keywords: | levels of selection, units of selection, major transitions | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Samir Okasha | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:12 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 1888 | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | ||||||
| Public Domain: | No | ||||||
| Conference Date: | November 2004 | ||||||
| Conference Location: | Austin, Texas | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory | ||||||
| Date: | 2004 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1888 |
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