A gradualist theory of discovery in ecology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 547-571

  Castle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context of discovery; Context of justification; Ecology; Heuristic power; Heuristics; Island biogeography; Logic of scientific discovery; Models; Rational reconstruction; Scientific discovery; Semantic conception; Two contexts distinction

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GRADUALISM;

EID: 0034777508     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011950525922     Document Type: Article

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