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T. F. H. Allen and Thomas B. Starr, Hierarchy: Perspectives for Ecological Complexity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1982), xvi + 310 pp. np.

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Sahotra Sarkar
Sahotra Sarkar*
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University of Chicago
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 359 - 361
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1984

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