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Philosophical Darwinism : On the Origin of Knowledge by Means of Natural Selection

by Peter Munz

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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Philosophers have not taken the evolution of human beings seriously enough. If they did, argues Peter Munz, many long standing philosophical problems would be resolved. One of philosophical concequences of biology is that all the knowledge produced in evolution is a priori , i.e., established hypothetically by chance mutation and selective retention, not by observation and intelligent induction. For organisms as embodied theories, selection is natural and for theories as disembodied organisms, it is artificial. Following Popper, the growth of knowledge is seen to be continuous from the amoeba to Einstein'. Philosophical Darwinism throws a whole new light on many contemporary debates. It has damaging implications for cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and questions attempts from within biology to reduce mental events to neural processes. More importantly, it provides a rational postmodern alternative to what the author argues are the unreasonable postmodern fashions of Kuhn, Lyotard and Rorty.
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  • Author

    Peter Munz

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    March 1993

  • Weight

    550g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415086028

  • ISBN-10

    0415086027

  • Eden Code

    5229797

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