Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock
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Brandon, RN
Published in: Biology and Philosophy
January 1, 1997
Christopher Hitchcock's discussion of my use of screening-off in analyzing the causal process of natural selection raises some interesting issues to which I am pleased to reply. The bulk of his article is devoted to some fairly general points in the theory of explanation. In particular, he questions whether or not my point that phenotype screens off genotype from reproductive success (in cases of organismic selection) supports my claim that the explanation of differential reproductive success should be in terms of phenotypic differences, not genotypic differences. I will respond to this and show why the two supposed counter-examples to my position fail.
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Biology and Philosophy
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0169-3867
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
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12
Issue
4
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531 / 538
Related Subject Headings
- Science Studies
- 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
- 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
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Brandon, R. N. (1997). Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock. Biology and Philosophy, 12(4), 531–538. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006576129655
Brandon, R. N. “Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock.” Biology and Philosophy 12, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 531–38. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006576129655.
Brandon RN. Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock. Biology and Philosophy. 1997 Jan 1;12(4):531–8.
Brandon, R. N. “Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock.” Biology and Philosophy, vol. 12, no. 4, Jan. 1997, pp. 531–38. Scopus, doi:10.1023/A:1006576129655.
Brandon RN. Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock. Biology and Philosophy. 1997 Jan 1;12(4):531–538.
Published In
Biology and Philosophy
DOI
ISSN
0169-3867
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Volume
12
Issue
4
Start / End Page
531 / 538
Related Subject Headings
- Science Studies
- 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies
- 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences