Can there be a priori causal models of natural selection?

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-599

  Lange, Marc ^a,b   Rosenberg, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857956915     PISSN: 00048402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2011.598175     Document Type: Article

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