Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: In a recent paper, Takacs and Bourrat (Biol Philos 37:12, 2022) examine the use of geometric mean reproductive output as a measure of biological fitness. We welcome Takacs and Bourrat's scrutiny of a fitness definition that some philosophers have adopted uncritically. We also welcome Takacs and Bourrat's attempt to marry the philosophical literature on fitness with the biological literature on mathematical measures of fitness. However, some of the main claims made by Takacs and Bourrat are not correct, while others are correct but not for the reasons they give.
Source: Biology & Philosophy
Authors: Bengt Autzen, Samir Okasha
Institutions: University College Cork, University of Bristol
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,890
Awards: G434337789, G4665976072
OpenAlex ID: W4293217426