The uncertain foundation of neo-Darwinism: metaphysical and epistemological pluralism in the evolutionary synthesis

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 40 (2):119-132 (2009)
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