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Reply to Commentaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Science, University of Sussex
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Extract

Inevitably, much of this reply will concern points on which I disagree with one or other of the commentators. I should start, therefore, by saying that I am delighted to find that their thinking is in many ways similar to my own, and that a serious attempt is under way to clarify the concept of information in biology.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 214 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Send request for reprints to the author, School of Biological Science, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, Great Britain.

References

Maynard Smith, J. (1998), Shaping Life: Genes, Embryos and Evolution. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.Google Scholar
Maynard Smith, J. and Szathmáry, E. (1995), The Major Transitions in Evolution. Oxford: W. H. Freeman.Google Scholar