Has Grafen formalized Darwin?: Commentary on Grafen's 'The Formal Darwinism project in outline'

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-180

  Birch, Jonathan ^a  

^a CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent design; Cumulative adaptation; Darwin; Formal Darwinism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MODERNITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84895890750     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9421-z     Document Type: Article

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