Discussion: Reply to Hitchcock
Published
Journal Article
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.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Brandon, RN
Published Date
- January 1, 1997
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 12 / 4
Start / End Page
- 531 - 538
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0169-3867
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1023/A:1006576129655
Citation Source
- Scopus