Adaptational Functional Ascriptions in Evolutionary Biology: A Critique of Schaffner's Views

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 698-713

  Rottschaefer, William A ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0346542641     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392580     Document Type: Article

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