- Cause and Effect in Biology Revisited: Is Mayr's Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy Still Useful?
[作者:Laland, KN; Sterelny, K; Odling-Smee, J; Hoppitt, W; Uller, T,期刊:Science, 页码:1512-1516 , 文章类型: Review,,卷期:2011年334-6062]
- Fifty years ago, Ernst Mayr published a hugely influential paper on the nature of causation in biology, in which he distinguished between proximate and ultimate causes. Mayr equated proximate causation with immediate fac...
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