The Statistical Philosophy of W.F.R. Weldon

Pence, Charles
(2009) ISHPSSB 2009 — Location: Brisbane, Australia (12.July.2009)

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The argument between the biometrical school and the Mendelians is one of the most often-cited debates on the structure of evolutionary theory in the years immediately following Darwin's death in 1882. I argue that we can only make sense of it if we see the Batesonians as reacting against the philosophical content of the biometricians' work – particularly, the influence of Machian phenomenalism on Karl Pearson, and W.F.R. Weldon's views on causation.
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Pence, C. (2009). The Statistical Philosophy of W.F.R. Weldon. ISHPSSB 2009, Brisbane, Australia. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/91892