Mate Choice and Null Models

Philosophy of Science 87 (5):1096-1106 (2020)
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Biologists have proposed a variety of explanations for extravagant sexual displays, and controversies over explanations define the history of sexual selection research. Recently, Richard Prum has d...

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Modeling: Neutral, Null, and Baseline.William C. Bausman - 2018 - Philosophy of Science 85 (4):594-616.
Goodman’s Problem and Scientific Methodology.Peter Godfrey-Smith - 2003 - Journal of Philosophy 100 (11):573 - 590.
Of Nulls and Norms.Peter Godfrey-Smith - 1994 - PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1994:280 - 290.

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