The Importance of Understanding the Nature of Science for Accepting Evolution

Tania Lombrozo1, Anastasia Thanukos2, M. K. Weisberg3
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 3210 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
2Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
3Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 433 Logan Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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