Normality as a Biological Concept
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 61 (4) , 579-591
- https://doi.org/10.1086/289823
Abstract
The biological sciences employ a concept of normality that must be distinguished from statistical or value concepts. The concept of normality is presupposed in the standard explications of biologic...Keywords
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