کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1162031 1490555 2006 24 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
What was Fisher’s fundamental theorem of natural selection and what was it for?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
What was Fisher’s fundamental theorem of natural selection and what was it for?
چکیده انگلیسی

Fisher’s ‘fundamental theorem of natural selection’ is notoriously abstract, and, no less notoriously, many take it to be false. In this paper, I explicate the theorem, examine the role that it played in Fisher’s general project for biology, and analyze why it was so very fundamental for Fisher. I defend Ewens (1989) and Lessard (1997) in the view that the theorem is in fact a true theorem if, as Fisher claimed, ‘the terms employed’ are ‘used strictly as defined’ (1930, p. 38). Finally, I explain the role that projects such as Fisher’s play in the progress of scientific inquiry.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2006, Pages 59–82
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