As Darwin originally conceived it, natural selection not only chose features that, in
retrospect, would allow those with them to be better adapted to their immediate …

This book contests the general view that natural selection constitutes the explanatory core of
evolutionary biology. It invites the reader to consider an alternative view which favors a more …

The concept of evolution by natural selection was developed primarily by Darwin and
Wallace in the 19th century as an explanation for the diversity and origin of complex …

Natural selection has been criticized as a tautology. This would be a major problem for
evolutionary biology, if true, because tautological statements can't be falsified and, therefore …

Among evolutionary biologists, there has been considerable argument about how universal
and powerful natural selection is. Is every phenotypic and genetic characteristic of every …

This thesis examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of
natural selection which is pervasively invoked in biology and other 'evolutionary'domains …

At a time when selectionist explanations are being brought forward to explain an ever-
widening range of phenomena, this book analyzes the explanatory structure of Darwin's …

Natural selection is the centerpiece of Darwin's great book, and is prominent in its title: On
the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races …

Biology, in contrast to other historical disciplines such as cosmology or geology, is not
explicitly articulated with physics. More specifically, its unifying principle, evolution by natural …

The 'modern evolutionary synthesis' convinced most biologists that natural selection was the
only directive influence on adaptive evolution. Today, however, dissatisfaction with the …