Has Grafen Formalized Darwin?

Biology and Philosophy 29 (2):175-180 (2014)
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One key aim of Grafen’s Formal Darwinism project is to formalize ‘modern biology’s understanding and updating of Darwin’s central argument’. In this commentary, I consider whether Grafen has succeeded in this aim

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