SOBER ON BRANDON ON SCREENING-OFF AND THE LEVELS OF SELECTION - DISCUSSION

Authors
BRANDON RN ANTONOVICS J BURIAN R CARSON S COOPER G DAVIES PS HORVATH C MISHLER BD RICHARDSON RC SMITH K THRALL P
Citation
Rn. Brandon et al., SOBER ON BRANDON ON SCREENING-OFF AND THE LEVELS OF SELECTION - DISCUSSION, Philosophy of science, 61(3), 1994, pp. 475-486
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
History & Philosophy of Sciences","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
Philosophy of science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318248
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
475 - 486
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8248(1994)61:3<475:SOBOSA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Sober (1992) has recently evaluated Brandon's (1982, 1990; see also 19 85, 1988) use of Salmon's (1971) concept of screening-off in the philo sophy of biology. He critiques three particular issues, each of which will be considered in this discussion.