Not a Sure Thing: Fitness, Probability, and Causation.

In evolutionary biology changes in population structure are explained by citing trait fitness distribution. I distinguish three interpretations of fitness explanations--the Two- Factor Model, the Single-Factor Model, and the Statistical Interpretation--and argue for the last of these. These interpre...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 147 - 172
Autor principal: Walsh, Denis M.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Apr2010
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