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Proximate and developmental analysis

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Commentary onKitcherPhilip (1987) Précis of Vaulting Ambition: Sociobiology and the Quest for Human Nature. BBS 10:61–99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Philip Kitcher
Philip Kitcher
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Department of Philosophy, University of California/San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 186 - 187
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