Science and Selection - Essays on Biological Evolution and the Philosophy of Science

Klappentext Brings together many of Hull's most important essays on selection in one accessible volume. Zusammenfassung David Hull! one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science! sets out in this 2001 volume a general analysis of a selection process that applies equally to biological evolution! the reaction of the immune system to antigens! operant learning! and social and conceptual change in science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Selection in Biological Evolution: 1. Interactors versus vehicles; 2. Taking vehicles seriously; 3. A general analysis of selection, with Rod Langman and Sigrid Glenn; Part II. Selection in the Evolution of Science: 4. A mechanism and its metaphysics; 5. Why scientists behave scientifically; 6. What's wrong with invisible-hand explanations?; Part III. Testing our Views about Science: 7. A function for actual examples in philosophy of science; 8. The evolution of conceptual systems in science; 9. Testing philosophical claims about science; 10. That just don't sound right: a plea for real examples in philosophy of science; 11. Studying the study of science scientifically.

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• Authors: David L. Hull, David L. (Northwestern University Hull
• Assisted by: Michael Ruse (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521644051
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64405-1
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering