What evolvability really is

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 549-572

  Brown, Rachael L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84906047102     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axt014     Document Type: Article

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