Toward a Definition of the Concept of Progressive Evolution in Biological Phenomena

Russian Studies in Philosophy 6 (4):32-39 (1968)
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Many writers have emphasized the importance which the problem of progressive evolution in biological phenomena has for the theory of evolution and for philosophy, and have pointed to the need to treat it. This is precisely the problem which, because of many objective difficulties, has not yet found a satisfactory solution. The aim of the present article is to examine this question

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10.2753/rsp1061-1967060432

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