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The selectionist rationale for evolutionary progress
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Author
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Abstract
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| The dominant view today on evolutionary progress is that it has been thoroughly debunked. Even value-neutral progress concepts are seen to lack important theoretical underpinnings: (1) natural selection provides no rationale for progress, and (2) natural selection need not even be invoked to explain large-scale evolutionary trends. In this paper I challenge this view by analysing how natural selection acts in heterogeneous environments. This not only undermines key debunking arguments, but also provides a selectionist rationale for a pattern of "evolutionary unfolding", where life radiates across an increased range of exploitation of environmental heterogeneity. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Biology and philosophy. - Dordrecht
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Publication
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Dordrecht
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2021
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ISSN
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0169-3867
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1572-8404
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DOI
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10.1007/S10539-021-09806-1
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Volume/pages
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36
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(2021)
, p. 1-26
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Article Reference
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32
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ISI
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000658284300001
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Medium
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E-only publicatie
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