Selection and Causation.

We have argued elsewhere that natural selection is not a cause of evolution, and that a resolution-of-forces (or vector addition) model does not provide us with a proper understanding of how natural selection combines with other evolutionary influences. These propositions have come in for criticism...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 201 - 225
Main Authors: Matthen, Mohan, Ariew, André
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Published: Cambridge University Press Apr2009
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      ab: We have argued elsewhere that natural selection is not a cause of evolution, and that a resolution-of-forces (or vector addition) model does not provide us with a proper understanding of how natural selection combines with other evolutionary influences. These propositions have come in for criticism recently, and here we clarify and defend them. We do so within the broad framework of our own 'hierarchical realization model' of how evolutionary influences combine.
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