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George C. Williams Adaptation and natural selection: a critique of some current evolutionary thought. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1966. 307 pp. $6.50.

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William C. Wimsatt
William C. Wimsatt*
Affiliation:
The University of Pittsburgh
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , December 1970 , pp. 620 - 623
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Copyright © 1970 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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