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The role of information and replication in selection processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Peter Godfrey-Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2155 pgs@csli.stanford.edu www-philosophy.stanford.edu/fss/pgs.html

Abstract

Hull et al. argue that information and replication are both essential ingredients in any selection process. But both information and replication are found in only some selection processes, and should not be included in abstract descriptions of selection intended to help researchers discover and describe selection processes in new domains.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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