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Multilevel selection and the return of group-level functionalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

David Sloan Wilson  and
Elliott Sober
David Sloan Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 dwilson@binghamton.edu
Elliott Sober
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 ersober@facstaff.wisc.edu
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Abstract

We reinforce Thompson's points by providing a second example of the paradox that makes group selection appear counterintuitive and by discussing the wider implications of multilevel selection theory.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 305 - 306
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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