Natural selection and distributive explanation: A reply to Neander
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 46 (3):384-397 (1995)
| Abstract | The thesis that natural selection explains the frequencies of traits in populations, but not why individual organisms have the traits tehy do, is here defended and elaborated. A general concept of ‘distributive explanation’ is discussed. | |||||||||
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