Reed (1981) argues that natural selection, far from being either a contingent fact or an empty
tautology, is a genuine law of nature. The status of a law does not seem fitting for the …

Are all evolutionary phenomena products, in some significant sense, of natural selection?
This is a question of considerable importance in contemporary biological theory. I have …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the term natural selection as coined by Charles
Darwin in his book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It reviews the precise scope and role …

Skipper and Millstein analyze natural selection and mechanism, concluding that natural
selection is not a mechanism in the sense of the new mechanistic philosophy. Barros …

As Byerly and Michod note right away, there is a difficulty in understanding the theory of
natural selection. I think that anyone who is acquainted with Darwin's formulation of the …

Few scientific theories have met with such a cordial reception by the world of scientific
investigators, or created is so short a time so complete a revolution in general philosophy, as …

theory of the development or transmutation of species. The Newtonian theory of gravity, or
Harvey's theory of the circu lation of the blood, in spite of the complete and overwhelming …

The history of the concept of natural selection has generally been traced back through the
personal development of Charles Darwin to Thomas Malthus, whose Essay on the …

AS Dr. Conder, in his article on this subject, has made my recently published essay in the"
Nature Series" his point of attack upon evolutionists in general, it appears to me desirable …

Endler's treatment of philosophical issues and terms often used in the discussion of natural
selection are the clearest I have seen. The philosophical issues are dealt with very …