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reciprocal causation: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of biology

view that developmental processes and organisms' modification of environments feed back into evolution, so proximate causes also act as evolutionary causes.

In philosophy of biology, reciprocal causation refers to view that developmental processes and organisms' modification of environments feed back into evolution, so proximate causes also act as evolutionary causes. This meaning comes from Laland (2011) in Science.[1]

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Laland, K. N., Sterelny, K., Odling-Smee, J., Hoppitt, W., & Uller, T. (2011). Cause and Effect in Biology Revisited: Is Mayr’s Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy Still Useful? Science, 334(6062), 1512-1516. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1210879

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