How knowledge grows : : the evolutionary development of scientific practice / / Chris Haufe.
"An argument that science is indeed 'socially constructed' but in a way that exposes it to a Darwinian version of variability and selection which ensures its success"--
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| Superior document: | The MIT Press |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2022] |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The MIT Press
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge
- 1. Again with the Science and the Evolution?
- 2. The Persistence of Practice
- 3. Isolation of the Evolving Population
- 4. Directionality and the Refinement of Scientific Practice
- 5. Branching and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge
- 6. The Recovery of Scientific Knowledge
- II. The Emergence of a Discipline
- 7. The Philosophical Foundations of Disciplinary Autonomy
- 8. Attempted Paleontology
- 9. Wonderful Death
- References
- Index.