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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Published in:	Erkenntnis Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 171 - 195
Main Author:	Huneman, Philippe
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Mar2012
Subjects:	Causation (Philosophy) Natural selection Gene frequency Counterfactuals (Logic) Biological evolution Organisms
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