Philosophy and phylogenetic inference: A comparison of likelihood and parsimony methods in the context of Karl Popper's writings on corroboration

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 305-321

  De Queiroz, Kevin ^a   Poe, Steven ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Corroboration; Karl Popper; Likelihood; Parsimony; Philosophy; Phylogeny; Probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHILOSOPHY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0035527346     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351501300317941     Document Type: Review

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