Characters as units and the case of the presence and absence hypothesis

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-388

  Schwartz, Sara ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Individuation; Ontological economy; Preformation; Presence and absence hypothesis; Unit character; William Bateson

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 0036622760     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020131508987     Document Type: Article

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