The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus

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  1986

• Venue

  BioScience

• Publication date

  1986-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Philosophy

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  DOI 10.7208/CHICAGO/9780226308883.001.0001
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