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Explanation in Biology: An Enquiry into the Diversity of Explanatory Patterns in the Life Sciences
Springer (2015)
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Making things happen: a theory of causal explanation.James F. Woodward - 2003 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World.Wesley C. Salmon - 1984 - Princeton University Press.
The nature of selection: evolutionary theory in philosophical focus.Elliott Sober - 1984 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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