The Propensity Interpretation of Fitness
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 46 (2), 263-286
- https://doi.org/10.1086/288865
Abstract
The concept of "fitness" is a notion of central importance to evolutionary theory. Yet the interpretation of this concept and its role in explanations of evolutionary phenomena have remained obscur...Keywords
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