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Can There Be Stochastic Evolutionary Causes?

Do evolutionary processes such as selection and random drift cause evolutionary change, or are they merely convenient ways of describing or summarizing it? Philosophers have lined up on both sides of this question. One recent defense (Reisman and Forber 2005) of the causal status of selection and dr...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 74; no. 5; pp. 616 - 628
Main Authors: Forber, Patrick, Reisman, Kenneth
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Dec2007
Subjects:
Causation (Philosophy)
Natural selection
Biological evolution
Philosophy of biology
Stochastic analysis
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