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framework:multi-level-selection-theoryMulti-Level Selection Theory
Framework dividing covariance of character and fitness into between-collective and within-collective components; addresses limitation of kin selection.
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Thinkers (1)
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- Pierre BourratextendsRecent theorist extending multi-level selection with non-aggregative component analysis; critical for understanding context-dependent fitness.
Concepts (1)
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- Darwinian Individualityassociated_withIndividuality defined by being a unit of selection possessing heritable variation in fitness; properties that properly belong to the new level
Frameworks (4)
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- Multilevel Selection Theoryrelated_to
- Individuation Mechanismsassociated_withTraits (developmental bottlenecks, germ separation, immune regulation, physical boundaries) that enable collectives to exhibit heritable variation in fitness.
- Existing approach that uses genetic relatedness to explain cooperation; criticized as insufficient for explaining all ETIs.
- Kin selectionextends
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- The theory that new levels of biological organization arise when independent replicators cooperate to form higher-level entities (Szathmáry, Maynard Smith).
- Bennett's multi-level formal account of representation as a stack of abstraction layers, applied to representational time.