Cognitive gadgets and genetic accommodation

Eva Jablonka1, Simona Ginsburg2, Daniel Dor3

  • 1Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. jablonka@tauex.tau.ac.ilhttps://en-humanities.tau.ac.il/profile/jablonka.

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