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On the nature of evolutionary explanations: a critical appraisal of Walter Bock's approach with a new revised proposal.

History and philosophy of the life sciences - 8 Jan 2024

de Santis Marcelo Domingos

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Walter Bock was committed to developing a framework for evolutionary biology. Bock repeatedly discussed how evolutionary explanations should be considered within the realm of Hempel's deductive-nomological model of scientific explanations. Explanation in evolution would then consist of functional and evolutionary explanations, and within the latter, an explanation can be of nomological-deductive and historical...

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PMID: 38190055
DOI: 10.1007/s40656-023-00601-7
PMCID: PMC10774170

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