Natural selection has a formal definition as the natural process that results in the survival
and reproductive success of individuals or groups best adjusted to their environment …

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 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 …

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 …

Charles Darwin described natural selection in private essays in 1842 and especially 1844
(Darwin 1909; Glik and Kohn 1996, pp. 90–96). He then drafted a large manuscript on …

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 classical theory of descent with modification by means of natural selection had no
mother, but did have two English fathers, Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and Alfred Russel …

Providing empirical content to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection (ENS)
amounts to determining what biological entities can be selected and explaining their traits …

Natural selection is a process by which organisms that are better adapted to specific
pressures of their environment tend to survive longer and produce more offspring, thus …

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 …