Science as a process : an evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science

Science as a process : an evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science / David L. Hull.

"Legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as Hull has done. I share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of Legend and the facile charms of r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hull, David L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Edition:Pbk. ed.
Series:Science and its conceptual foundations.
Subjects:
Série Ciência história.
Série Ciência história
Science.
Science > Philosophy.
Science > History.
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Science
Science > Philosophy
Ciencia.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Science, Philosophy of Science, and the Science of Science
  • 2. Up from Darwin
  • 3. Up from Aristotle
  • 4. A Clash of Doctrines
  • 5. Systematists at War
  • 6. Down with Darwinism-Long Live Darwinism
  • 7. Down with Cladism-Long Live Cladism
  • 8. The Need for a Mechanism
  • 9. Secrecy and Bias in Science
  • 10. The Visible Hand
  • 11. A General Analysis of Selection Processes
  • 12. Science as a Selection Process
  • 13. Conceptual Interaction
  • 14. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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