Modest Evolutionary Naturalism

Biological Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-60

  Giere, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary naturalism; naturalism; perspectivism; scientific models; scientific observation; scientific realism; scientific theories; testing scientific models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447578178     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2006.1.1.52     Document Type: Article

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