Chance, explanation, and causation in evolutionary theory

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 395-405

  Gayon, Jean ^a  

^a Universite Paris 2   (France)

Author keywords

Causation; Chance; Contingency; Ecology; Evolution; Explanation; Genetic revolution; Luck; Macroevolution; Mutation; Probability; Random drift; Stochastic events

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CAUSALITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33749318527     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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