Derksen, T., ed. 1998.
The Promise of Evolutionary Epistemology.
Tilburg: Tilburg University Press.
[table of contents]
Chapters included in the Theory Lab:
Derksen, T. 1998.
The promise of evolutionary epistemology, its coherence and its relevance.
1—8.
Keywords:
circularity •
normativity •
survival value •
truth.
Derksen, T. 1998.
The reliability of our everyday perceptual knowledge according to evolutionary epistemology.
9—29.
Keywords:
circularity •
perception •
Quine •
reliability •
selectionism •
skepticism.
De Regt, H. 1998.
Scientific realism and the false promise of evolutionary epistemology.
31—53.
Keywords:
comprehensive evolutionary epistemology •
generalized evolutionary theory •
naturalism •
philosophy of science •
pragmatism •
scientific realism •
truth.
Buskes, C. 1998.
Progress, providence, and predestination: Evolutionary epistemology and the problem of progressive change.
55—80.
Keywords:
Gould •
progress •
variation-selection-and-transmission (VST) algorithm.
Meijsing, M. 1998.
Where is meaning in this world? Perception in a evolutionary context.
81—99.
Keywords:
Descartes •
Gibson •
naturalism •
physicalism •
reductionism •
Searle.
Slurink, P. 1998.
Innate structures of experience: Consciousness and the sediments of a history of choice.
101—130.
Keywords:
connectionism •
consciousness •
group selection •
innateness •
intentionality •
values.
Meijsing, M. 1998.
Person and perspective: On the role of first and third person perspective in personhood and personal identity.
131—156.
Keywords:
autopoiesis •
consciousness •
naturalism •
perception •
personal identity •
self-consciousness.
Ruse, M. 1998.
Bringing in culture: How the study of metaphor enriches evolutionary epistemology.
157—175.
Keywords:
balance of nature •
epistemic values •
ESS •
inference rules •
metaphor •
naturalism •
objectivity •
subjectivity.
Derksen, T. 1998.
Rationality and evolution.
177—187.
Keywords:
actor rationality •
collective rationality •
epistemology •
speed (in epistemology) •
substantial rationality •
survival value.
Vollmer, G. 1998.
Evolutionary epistemology - a catechism.
189—199.
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