Darwin's principles of divergence and natural selection: Why Fodor was almost right

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 256-268

  Richards, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles Darwin; Jerry Fodor; Natural selection; Principle of divergence; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC FITNESS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LIFE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84856681243     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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