The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory

by Jun Otsuka

The central role of mathematical modeling in modern evolutionary theory has raised a concern as to why and how abstract formulae can say anything about empirical phenomena of evolution. This Element introduces existing philosophical approaches to this problem and proposes a new account according to which evolutionary models are based on causal, and not just mathematical, assumptions. The novel account features causal models both as the Humean 'uniform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108727859
• ISBN13: 9781108727853
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"