Formal Darwinism as a tool for understanding the status of organisms in evolutionary biology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-279

  Huneman, P ^a  

^a Universite Paris 2   (France)

Author keywords

Constraints; Design; Modern synthesis; Natural selection; Optimization; Organism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84895879583     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9419-6     Document Type: Article

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