Journal article
Inherited Representations are Read in Development
- Abstract:
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Recent theoretical work has identified a tightly constrained sense in which genes carry representational content. Representational properties of the genome are founded in the transmission of DNA over phylogenetic time and its role in natural selection. However, genetic representation is not just relevant to questions of selection and evolution. This article goes beyond existing treatments and argues for the heterodox view that information generated by a process of selection over phylogenetic ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-31
- Publication date:
- 2013-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1464-3537
- ISSN:
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0007-0882
- Source identifiers:
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251725
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:251725
- UUID:
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uuid:8d458609-c878-4694-a677-9f9028f719c0
- Local pid:
- pubs:251725
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright date:
- 2013
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