Natural Selection: A Case for the Counterfactual Approach.

This paper investigates the conception of causation required in order to make sense of natural selection as a causal explanation of changes in traits or allele frequencies. It claims that under a counterfactual account of causation, natural selection is constituted by the causal relevance of traits...

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Publicado en:Erkenntnis Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 171 - 195
Autor principal: Huneman, Philippe
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2012
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