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Population Thinking

Population Thinking is a conceptual framework in the philosophy of biology that emphasizes the irreducibility of biological phenomena to essentialist categories by treating variation among individuals within populations as the fundamental unit of analysis in evolutionary processes.

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114

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2017–2026

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The growth of biological thought. Diversity, evolution, and inheritance

Donald S. Farner · The Auk · 1983 · 2.5K citations

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Growth of biological thought

Jane Maienschein · Nature · 1994 · 2.3K citations

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Evolution, Population Thinking, and Essentialism

Elliott Sober · Philosophy of Science · 1980 · 670 citations

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Population, Resources, and the Ideology of Science

David Harvey · Economic Geography · 1974 · 353 citations

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Why we need a generalized Darwinism, and why generalized Darwinism is not enough

Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Thorbjørn Knudsen · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 2005 · 337 citations

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Authors

174

  1. AC
    Allen C. Kelley

    Duke University, United States

    3 publications · 71 citations

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  2. JW
    Joeri Witteveen

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 112 citations

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  3. JB
    John Broome

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 162 citations

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  4. PA
    Philip Appleman

    2 publications · 83 citations

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  5. YN
    Yew‐Kwang Ng

    Monash University, Australia

    2 publications · 120 citations

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Institutions

114

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    112 citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    457 citations

  5. Fairfield University

    Fairfield, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  6. University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  7. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    2.3K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 416 citations

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  2. Nature

    5 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Population and Development Review

    4 publications · 173 citations

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  5. Population Studies

    3 publications · 98 citations

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