Useful Inheritance: Evolutionary Aspects of the Theory of Knowledge - Rilegato

Rescher, Nicholas

 
9780847676156: Useful Inheritance: Evolutionary Aspects of the Theory of Knowledge
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ISBN 10: 0847676153 ISBN 13: 9780847676156
Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 1989

Sinossi

The book formulates an evolutionary approach to the theory of knowledge, based on the parallelism between the natural selection of our cognitive capacities and the rational selection of the methodological processes by which we put them to work. The former reflects the biological evolution of homo sapiens, the latter the cultural evolution of homo quaerens through the development of a scientific community of inquirers with its characteristic practices. This dual aspect of cognitive evolution indicates that our human cognitive accomplishments are limited by our particular evolutionary attunement to the world's scheme of things and are bound to reflect the character of our particular evolutionary niche. The resulting doctrinal position is one of a realistic relativism.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Nicholas Rescher is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he serves as Vice-Chairman of its Center for Philosophy of Science.

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Editore
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Data di pubblicazione
1989
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0847676153
ISBN 13 
9780847676156
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
144
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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