Epistemological prospects of evolutionary models of the growth of knowledge

In the thesis I will argue that some models of evolutionary epistemology provide an extremely illuminating and original explanation of the workings of the scientific process. Evolutionary approaches to the growth of scientific knowledge have been criticised because of the putative existence of funda...

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Main Author: Vecchi, Davide
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645612