Creath, Richard (Editor)
Maienschein, Jane A. (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Physical Details: xviii + 295 pp., illus., bibl.
Language: English
Description Contents: Richard Creath, Jane Maienschein, Introduction; Michael Ruse, Darwin and the philosophers: Epistemological factors in the development and reception of the theory of the Origin of Species; Jon Hodge, Knowing about evolution: Darwin and his theory of natural selection; David L. Hull, Why did Darwin fail? The role of John Stuart Mill; Robert J. Richards, The epistemology of historical interpretation: Progressivity and recapitulation in Darwin's theory; David Magnus, Down the primrose path: Competing epistemologies in early twentieth-century biology; Jane Maienschein, Competing epistemologies and developmental biology; William Bechtel, From imaging to believing: Epistemic issues in generating biological data; Frederic L. Holmes, The logic of discovery in the experimental life sciences; R. C. Lewontin, What do population geneticists know and how do they know it? Marga Vicedo, Experimentation in early genetics: The implications of the historical character of science for scientific realism; Evelyn Fox Keller, Making sense of life: Explanation in developmental biology; Kenneth F. Schaffner, Afterword.
Review Rudge, David Wÿss (2003) Review of "Biology and epistemology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 510).
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