Neutral Spaces and Topological Explanations in Evolutionary Biology: Lessons from Some Landscapes and Mappings.

I consider recent uses of the notion of neutrality in evolutionary biology and ecology, questioning their relevance to the kind of explanation recently labeled 'topological explanation'. Focusing on fitness landscapes and genotype-phenotype maps, I explore the explanatory uses of neutral subspaces,...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 969 - 984
Autor principal: Huneman, Philippe
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Dec2018
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