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A short note on Hull's “A mechanism and its metaphysics: An evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science”

✍ Scribed by Pamela M. Henson

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
132 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
0169-3867

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✦ Synopsis

sailors which venture across the ocean, but only a few will overcome the dangers. They will be those whose crews' judgment and understanding was most effectively translated into action. Thus natural selection can also be seen as selection for improved intellectual abilities. The move from purely instinctual systems of reflex action to systems of increasing openness, that is to intelligent organisms which can learn from their own experience is well documented in evolution. Likewise, I suggest, that an evolutionary account of science needs to take the increasing ability of scientists into account to use and develop new methods, improve their judgments, and realise the potential impact of their own decisions on their fellow scientists and the wider social and cultural environment. This in turn may have repercussions on their own well-being.

All this can and ought to be accounted for in a purely causal manner, indeed as far as I can see, it is perfectly compatible with Hull's proposed mechanism. But, as it stands, his model tells only part of the story.

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