Tautology Journals

ood post. anyone interested in these issues and lines or argument might want to read (if they have not already) a series of articles published in *american naturalist* in the late 1970s. For instance: - Peters (1976). Tautology in evolution and ecology, *AN*, 110, 1-12 - Caplan (1977). Tautology, circularity, and biological theory, - Stebbins (1977). In defense of evolution: Tautology or theory? These issues are also covered in Sober's (1984) book, *The nature of selection: Evolutionary theory in philosophical focus.*
 * AN*, 111, 390-395.
 * AN*, 111, 386-390