A logical basis for genetics?

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6 (23):245-248 (1955)
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Woodger's substitution of the "allegedly more precise term 'an environmentally insensitive set of lives'" for the term 'an inborn character' is discussed by haldane. He proposes that "woodger's definitions do not appear to have reached precision." (staff)

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10.1093/bjps/vi.23.245

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