The explanatory logic and ontological commitments of generalized Darwinism

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-363

  Stoelhorst, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economics; Evolutionary theory; Generalized Darwinism; Ontology; Philosophical foundations

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649224015     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780802506661     Document Type: Article

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