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The negative view of natural selection.

Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences - 1 Jun 2012

Birch Jonathan

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An influential argument due to Elliott Sober, subsequently strengthened by Denis Walsh and Joel Pust, moves from plausible premises to the bold conclusion that natural selection cannot explain the traits of individual organisms. If the argument were sound, the explanatory scope of selection would depend, surprisingly, on metaphysical considerations concerning origin essentialism. I show that the Sober-Walsh-Pust...

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PMID: 22520205
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2012.02.002

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