The causal crux of selection

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (3):556-556 (2001)
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Abstract

Hull et al. make a direct connection between selection and replication. My view is that selection, at its causal crux, is not inherently connected to replication. I make plain the causal crux of selection, distinguishing it from replication. I discuss implications of my results for Hull et al.'s critique of Darden and Cain (1989).

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