Elliott Sober: Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards? Philosophical Essays on Darwin’s Theory
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Biotheoretica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0001-5342,1572-8358
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-012-9151-7