Evolutionary Analogies : Is the Process of Scientific Change Analogous to the Organic Change?.

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Napolitano, Giulio [aut]

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TextPublication details: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011.Description: 1 online resource (155 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1283436019
9781283436014
9781443833547
1443833541
9781443833981
1443833983

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

146.7

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Q175 .R3933236 2011

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Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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 ...

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"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 ...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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