Searching for darwinism in generalized darwinism

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 561-589

  Reydon, Thomas A C ^a   Scholz, Markus ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 84943171095     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: 14643537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axt049     Document Type: Article

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