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Elliott Sober, Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards? Philosophical Essays on Darwin’s Theory. Amherst, NY: Prometheus (2011), 230 pp., $21.00.

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Elliott Sober, Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards? Philosophical Essays on Darwin’s Theory. Amherst, NY: Prometheus (2011), 230 pp., $21.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Charles H. Pence ,
Hope Hollocher ,
Ryan Nichols ,
Grant Ramsey ,
Edwin Siu Daniel  and
John Sportiello
Charles H. Pence
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
Hope Hollocher
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
Ryan Nichols
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, and University of Notre Dame
Grant Ramsey
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
Edwin Siu Daniel
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
John Sportiello
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 78 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 705 - 709
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