Pence, Charles H. and Ramsey, Grant (2014) Is Organismic Fitness at the Basis of Evolutionary Theory? In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Fitness is a central theoretical concept in evolutionary theory. Despite its importance, much debate has occurred over how to conceptualize and formalize fitness. One point of debate concerns the roles of organismic and trait fitness. In a recent addition to this debate, Elliott Sober argues that trait fitness is the central fitness concept, and that organismic fitness is of little value. In this paper, by contrast, we argue that it is organismic fitness that lies at the bases of both the conceptual role of fitness, as well as its role as a measure of evolutionary dynamics.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Pence, Charles H. charles@charlespence.net Ramsey, Grant grant.ramsey@nd.edu
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Depositing User:	Charles H. Pence
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2014 15:03
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2014 15:03
Item ID:	11075
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Date:	2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11075

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