Deep conventionalism about evolutionary groups

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 971-982

  Barker, Matthew J ^a   Velasco, Joel D ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 84891904676     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673923     Document Type: Article

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