Tautology, Circularity, and Biological Theory
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- letter
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 111 (978) , 390-393
- https://doi.org/10.1086/283173
Abstract
A critique is presented on R.H. Peters suggestion that theorizing on the possible effects of character displacement or niche competition, in idealized or simplified situations, represents examples of tautologous or circular reasoning in biological thinking.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Tautology in Evolution and EcologyThe American Naturalist, 1976