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An evolutionary account of science: A response to Rosenberg's critical notice

✍ Scribed by David L. Hull

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 523 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 0169-3867
DOI: 10.1007/bf00129887

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✦ Synopsis

In his critical notice, Rosenberg (1991) raises three objections to my evolutionary account of science: whether it is more than a weak metaphor, the compatibility of my past objections to reduction and my current advocacy of viewing selection in terms of replication and interaction, and finally, the feasibility of identifying appropriate replicators and interactors in biological evolution, let alone conceptual evolution. I discuss each of these objections in turn.

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