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Philosophy of biology

view that fitness is an organism's probabilistic disposition to survive and reproduce, not its actual offspring count, avoiding the tautology charge.

In philosophy of biology, propensity interpretation of fitness refers to view that fitness is an organism's probabilistic disposition to survive and reproduce, not its actual offspring count, avoiding the tautology charge. This meaning comes from Mills (1979) in Philosophy of Science.[1]

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Mills, S. K., & Beatty, J. H. (1979). The Propensity Interpretation of Fitness. Philosophy of Science, 46(2), 263-286. https://doi.org/10.1086/288865

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