Weismann, Wittgenstein and the homunculus fallacy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-271

  Smit, Harry ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Homunculus fallacy; Instinct; Neo Darwinism; Neo Lamarckism

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; DRIVE; EVOLUTION; GERM CELL; HISTORY; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; DNA; GERM CELLS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSTINCT; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 77957751199     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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