Why we need a generalized Darwinism, and why generalized Darwinism is not enough

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Hodgson, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Darwinism; Evolution; Intentionality; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748144222     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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