Millstein, Roberta L. (2001) Evolution. [Preprint]

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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.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Millstein, Roberta L.
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:	15 Apr 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	1139
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Date:	2001
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1139

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