Evolution and the Levels of Selection
Oxford University Press (2006)
| Abstract | Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? The question of levels of selection - on which biologists and philosophers have long disagreed - is central to evolutionary theory and to the philosophy of biology. Samir Okasha's comprehensive analysis gives a clear account of the philosophical issues at stake in the current debate. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Natural selection Philosophy Evolution (Biology Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | QH375.O33 2006 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0199556717 0199267979 9780199267972 9780199556717 | |||||||||
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