Why Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology?

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May 13, 202627:02Education

Why do we need philosophy to understand evolution? Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores the philosophy of evolutionary biology — not just how evolution works, but what its core concepts really mean. Through conversations with E...

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