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Evolutionary analogies : is the process of scientific change analogous to the organic change? / by Barbara Gabirella Renzi and Giulio Napolitano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renzi, Barbara Gabriella.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy--History.
- Philosophy.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Advocates of the evolutionary analogy claim that mechanisms governing scientific change are analogous to those at work in organic evolution - above all, natural selection. By referring to the works of the most influential proponents of evolutionary analogies (Toulmin, Campbell, Hull and, most notably, Kuhn) the authors discuss whether and to what extent their use of the analogy is appropriate. A careful and often illuminating perusal of the theoretical scope of the terms employed, as well as...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-134) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43601-9
- 9786613436016
- 1-4438-3398-3
- OCLC:
- 817056997
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