Introduction—Purpose in Biology: New directions.

The text introduces a Special Issue on the topic of "Purpose in Biology: New Directions," which includes papers presented at a conference held at the University of Reading in 2023. The conference was part of a research project funded by the John Templeton Foundation, focusing on the study of purpose...

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Published in:Ratio Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 269 - 272
Main Author: Oderberg, David S.
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2024
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