A commentary on "The Formal Darwinism Project": There is no grandeur in this view of life

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-270

  Orzack, Steven Hecht ^a  

^a Fresh Pond Research Institute Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Model testing; Natural selection; Optimality; Population biology; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84895891267     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9423-x     Document Type: Article

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