Evolutionary epistemology as a scientific method: A new look upon the units and levels of evolution debate

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 167-182

  Gontier, Nathalie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary epistemology; Evolutionary mechanisms; Levels; Units

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SCIENCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PHENOTYPE; SCIENCE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956885300     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-010-0085-9     Document Type: Article

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