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Functional Statements in Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Michael E. Ruse
Michael E. Ruse*
Affiliation:
University of Guelph
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 87 - 95
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Copyright © 1971 by The Philosophy of Science Association

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