Studies in the Philosophy of Biology: Reduction and Related ProblemsFrancisco Ayala, Francisco José Ayala, Francisco Jose Ayala, Theodosius Dobzhansky |
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Contents
I | vii |
II | 1 |
III | 3 |
IV | 21 |
V | 45 |
VI | 57 |
VII | 65 |
VIII | 87 |
XII | 179 |
XIII | 187 |
XIV | 205 |
XV | 225 |
XVI | 241 |
XVII | 259 |
XVIII | 285 |
XIX | 307 |
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| Title | Studies in the Philosophy of Biology: Reduction and Related Problems |
| Editors | Francisco Ayala, Francisco José Ayala, Francisco Jose Ayala, Theodosius Dobzhansky |
| Compiled by | Francisco José Ayala |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0520026497, 9780520026490 |
| Length | 390 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General |
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