A CRITICAL-REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHICAL WORK ON THE UNITS OF SELECTION PROBLEM

Authors
SOBER E WILSON DS
Citation
E. Sober et Ds. Wilson, A CRITICAL-REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHICAL WORK ON THE UNITS OF SELECTION PROBLEM, Philosophy of science, 61(4), 1994, pp. 534-555
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
History & Philosophy of Sciences","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
Philosophy of science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318248
Volume
61
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
534 - 555
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8248(1994)61:4<534:ACOPWO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The evolutionary problem of the units of selection has elicited a good deal of conceptual work from philosophers. We review this work to det ermine where the issues now stand.