Biological Explanations, Realism, Ontology, and Categories
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Extended review of: Processes of Life: Essays in the philosophy of biology John Dupré, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012, pp. 350, Price £30.00, CA$57.00, US$55.00, Hardback, ISBN-13: 9780199691982
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تاریخ انتشار 2016