Sarkar on Frank.

In a recent paper, Sahotra Sarkar compares the Standard Dynamical interpretation of natural selection with the Information-Theoretic interpretation from Steven A. Frank. I address Sarkar's three arguments against Frank's interpretation. I show that Sarkar's major argument that a key component of Fra...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 122 - 129
Autor principal: Crawford, David Robert
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Jan2015
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      ab: In a recent paper, Sahotra Sarkar compares the Standard Dynamical interpretation of natural selection with the Information-Theoretic interpretation from Steven A. Frank. I address Sarkar's three arguments against Frank's interpretation. I show that Sarkar's major argument that a key component of Frank's account "does not have any natural biological interpretation" is premised on a contradiction stemming from a mathematical error. Consequently, Sarkar's major argument is unsound. I also address Sarkar's claim that a central equation in Frank's interpretation is dynamically insufficient and his claim that Frank's interpretation uses nonintuitive parameters to simply rewrite familiar results.
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