摘要: It's been 41 years since the publication of Ernst Mayr's “Cause and Effect in Biology” wherein Mayr most clearly develops his version influential distinction between ultimate proximate causes biology. In critically assessing essay I uncover false statements red-herrings about biological explanation. Nevertheless, argue to uphold an analogue ultimate/proximate as it refers two different kinds explanations, one dynamical other statistical.
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