Defining vision: What homology thinking contributes

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-689

  Matthen, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Definitions of vision; Homology; Natural kinds; Prosthetic vision; TVSS; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HOMOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; VISION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35448971777     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9088-4     Document Type: Article

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