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Not by Memes Alone

Review of Alan C. Love and William C. Wimsatt (Eds.): Beyond the Meme: Development and Structure in Cultural Evolution (Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 22). Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press, 2019 (Paperback edition, pp. 542)

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This study was funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Grant Number 402619/2016-1) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Grant Number DL57/2016/CP1479/CT0064).

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  1. Centro de Filosofia das Ciências, Departamento de História e Filosofia das Ciências, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

    Lorenzo Baravalle

  2. Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Paulo, Brazil

    Lorenzo Baravalle

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Baravalle, L. Not by Memes Alone. Acta Biotheor 68, 387–391 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-019-09374-8

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