Adaptation and optimality in evolutionary biology: Historical and philosophical perspectives on the interpretations of R.A. Fisher's “Fundamental theorem of natural selection” and the “Formal Darwinism” project

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 81:101285 (2020)
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The formal darwinism project in outline.Alan Grafen - 2014 - Biology and Philosophy 29 (2):155-174.

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