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BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 435-470Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/axu047
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- European Research Council [295449]
- European Research Council (ERC) [295449] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Kin selection and multilevel selection are alternative approaches for studying the evolution of social behaviour, the relation between which has long been a source of controversy. Many recent theorists regard the two approaches as ultimately equivalent, on the grounds that gene frequency change can be correctly expressed using either. However, this shows only that the two are formally equivalent, not that they offer equally good causal representations of the evolutionary process. This article articulates the notion of an 'adequate causal representation' using causal graphs, and then seeks to identify circumstances under which kin and multilevel selection do and do not satisfy the test of causal adequacy.
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