Leibnizian organisms, nested individuals, and units of selection

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-230

  Nachtomy, Ohad ^a   Shavit, Ayelet ^b   Smith, Justin ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individuality; Leibniz; Nestedness; Selection; Unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; METAPHYSICS; NATURAL SELECTION;

ARISTOTELIA;

EID: 0036692397     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-002-0020-9     Document Type: Article

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