Population Level Causation and a Unified Theory of Natural Selection

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 521-536

  Glymour, Bruce ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Natural selection; Population level causation; Unification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002881218     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006516232674     Document Type: Article

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