Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and The Gap

CRC Press (2015)
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Is the theory of evolution by means of natural selection a tautology? This book explores the explanatory structure of Darwin’s theory at a time when selectionist explanations are being brought forward to explain a wider and wider range of phenomena.

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149870087X   0367658682   9781498700870

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