How-possibly explanations as genuine explanations and helpful heuristics: A comment on Forber

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

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 302-310

  Reydon, Thomas A C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dray; Evolutionary biology; Explanation; Global how possibly explanation; How possibly explanation; Local how possibly explanation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NOTE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856669475     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.10.015     Document Type: Note

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