Concepts and Approaches in Evolutionary Epistemology Towards an Evol
The present volume brings together current interdisciplinary research which adds up to an evolutionary theory of human knowledge, Le. evolutionary epistemology. It comprises ten papers, dealing with the basic concepts, approaches and data in evolutionary
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THEORY AND DECISION LIBRARY AN INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Editors GERALD EBERLEIN, University of Technology, Munich WERNER LEINFELLNER, University of Nebraska
Editorial Advisory Board: K. BORCH, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration M. BUNGE, McGill University J. S. COLEMAN, University of Chicago
W. KROEBER-RIEL, University of Saarland A. RAPOPORT, University of Toronto F. SCHICK, Rutgers University A. SEN, Oxford University W. STEGMULLER, University of Munich K. SZANIAWSKI, University of Warsaw L. TONDL, Prague
A. TVERSKY, Stanford University
VOLUME 36
CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES IN EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge Edited by
FRANZ M. WUKETITS University of Vienna, Austria
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Concepts and approaches in evolutionary epistemology. (Theory and decision library; v. 36) Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Knowledge, Theory of - Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Wuketits, Franz M. II. Series. BDl61.C64 1983 121 83-13912 ISBN-I3: 978-94-009-7129-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-7127-1 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-7127-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREFACE FRANZ M. WUKETITS I Evolutionary Epistemology - A Challenge
to Science and Philosophy
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1. Introduction 2. The Notion of the Innate - hnmanuel Kant and Beyond 3. Patterns of Nature and the Nature of Cognition or, 'Why the Eye is Attuned to the Sun' 4. The Interdisciplinary Foundation of Evolutionary Epistemology 5. The Challenge to Science and Philosophy (a) Towards a New Image of Man (b) Towards Rationality and Objective Knowledge (c) Towards a New Epistemology 6. Summary and Conclusion Notes Bibliography
1 2 10 15 21 21 23 24 25 26 29
RUPERT RIEDL I Evolution and Evolutionary Knowledge - On
the Correspondence Between Cognitive Order and Nature 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Separate Approaches Judgements and Prejudices The Theory of Evolution Epistemological Questions Nature and Thinking A System of Hypotheses Natural and Cognitive Order The Kantian Apriori Summary
35 35 36 36 38 39 40 45 46 47
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Bibliography
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ROBER T KASPAR / A Short Introduction to the
