NATURAL SELECTION AND THE NATURE OF STATISTICAL EXPLANATIONS.

There is a widespread philosophical interpretation of natural selection in evolutionary theory: natural selection, like mutation, migration, and drift are seen as forces that propel the evolution of populations. Natural selection is thus a population level causal process. This account has been chall...

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Published in:	Crítica Vol. 55; no. 165; pp. 27 - 53
Main Author:	BATLLORI, ROGER DEULOFEU
Format:	Article
Published:	Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas dic2023
Subjects:	Natural selection Biological evolution Population genetics Population statistics Biology Explanation Statistics
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