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  • Aristotle
    philosophy of biology
    / Levels of selection

    The ā€œgenic selectionā€ approach was initially rejected by many as excessively reductionistic. This hostility was partly based on misunderstanding, which is now largely removed thanks to the efforts of some scholars to clarify what genic selection can mean. What it cannot mean—or, at least, what it…

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    The ā€œgenic selectionā€ approach was initially rejected by many as excessively reductionistic. This hostility was partly based on misunderstanding, which is now largely removed thanks to the efforts of some scholars to clarify what genic selection can mean. What it cannot mean—or, at least, what it…

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