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科图分类法:
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Q11/4 版次： |
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Q11 版次： |
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著者:
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Otsuka, Jun. |
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题名:
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The role of mathematics in evolutionary theory / / , |
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出版发行:
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出版地： Cambridge, United Kingdom ; 出版社： Cambridge University Press, 出版日期： 2019. |
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载体形态:
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64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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内容提要:
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"The central role of mathematical modeling in modern evolutionary theory has raised a concern as to why and how abstract formulae can say anything about empirical phenomena of evolution. This Element introduces existing philosophical approaches to this problem and proposes a new account according to which evolutionary models are based on causal, and not just mathematical, assumptions. The novel account features causal models both as the Humean 'uniform nature' underlying evolutionary induction and as the organizing framework that integrates mathematical and empirical assumptions into a cohesive network of beliefs that functions together to achieve epistemic goals of evolutionary biology."-- |
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主题词:
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Evolution (Biology) Mathematical models. |
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索书号:
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Q11/4 |