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I am indebted to Professors David Hull and Frederick Ferré for valuable comments on an earlier version of this paper. This work as also facilitated by a summer research grant from the Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Geogria.
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Kleiner, S.A. Problem solving and discovery in the growth of Darwin's theories of evolution. Synthese 47, 119–162 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064268
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