Scientific understanding and mathematical abstraction

Philosophia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-353

  Morrison, Margaret Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematical abstraction; Natural selection; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845334228     PISSN: 00483893     EISSN: 15749274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11406-006-9035-7     Document Type: Article

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