Productivity, relevance and natural selection

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-339

  Glennan, Stuart ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Natural selection; Population causation; Productivity; Relevance; Statisticalism

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 67349271306     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-008-9137-7     Document Type: Article

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