Complexity, self-organization and selection

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 655-683

  Richardson, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Development; Emergence; Evolutionary explanation; Explanation; Probability; Self organization; Statistical explanation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; EVOLUTION; SELECTION; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035182911     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1012030402337     Document Type: Article

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