Darwin's solution to the species problem

Synthese

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-425

  Ereshefsky, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Darwin; Family resemblance; General lineage concept; Homeostatic property cluster theory; Species; Species category; Species problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955580587     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9538-4     Document Type: Article

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