Six things popper would like biologists not to ignore: In memoriam, Karl Raimund Popper, 1902-1994

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-159

  Settle, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demarcation; Dogmatism; Downward causation; Evolution theory; Falsifiability; Metaphysics; Morality; Popper; Problems; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747707588     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00128917     Document Type: Review

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