Selection Theory and Social Construction: The Evolutionary Naturalistic Epistemology of Donald T. Campbell

Top scholars examine the work of Donald T. Campbell, one of the first to emphasize the social structure of science.
In his long career, Donald T. Campbell made important contributions to social psychology, anthropology, sociology, education, science studies, and epistemology. In this anthology, the authors concentrate on his epistemology, in particular his evolutionary, naturalistic epistemology. The four philosophers, two psychologists, a sociologist, and specialists in science studies and education discuss Campbell's contributions, explaining and criticizing them in a comprehensive way. Campbell and his ideas are treated in a strikingly new light-Campbell enters the new millennium.

About the author

Cecilia Heyes is a Reader in Psychology at University College London and coeditor (with Ludwig Huber) of The Evolution of Cognition. David L. Hull is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and the author of many books, including most recently Science and Selection: Essays on Biological Evolution and the Philosophy of Science.

Product details

• Assisted by: Cecilia Heyes (Editor), Cecilia M. Heyes (Editor), David L. Hull (Editor)
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2001
• EAN: 9780791450550
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5055-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: Suny Philosophy and Biology
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works