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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1995 46(3):384-397; doi:10.1093/bjps/46.3.384
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Natural Selection and Distributive Explanation: A Reply to Neander

Elliott Sober

Philosophy Department, University of Wisconsin Madison, W153706, USA

The thesis that natural selection explains the frequencies of traits in populations, but not why individual organisms have the traits tehy do, is here defended and elaborated. A general concept of ‘distributive explanation’ is discussed.


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