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This books aims to outline the scientific (biological) foundations of evolutionary epistemology, and to discuss its implications for humankind. Wuketits covers all aspects of evolutionary epistemology, including its empirical foundations and its philosophical and anthropological consequences, providng an accessible introduction with a minimum of jargon.
The Tasks of Contemporary Philosophy / Die Aufgaben Der Philosophie in Der Gegenwart: Proceedings of the 10th International Wittgenstein Symposium 18t
Häftad, Tyska, 1986
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Dilettanten, Grenzgänger, Querdenker, unerwünschte Reformer - in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte sind sie vielfach vertreten, als Außenseiter, die mit unkonventionellen Ideen die Wissenschaft bereichert haben. Johannes Kepler und Paracelsus, Charles Darwin und Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Wegener, Barbara McClintock und Hoimar von Ditfurth - ihnen und vielen anderen Forschern und Gelehrten ist gemeinsam, dass sie Neuland betreten oder sich mit Problemen in Disziplinen befasst haben, die nicht ihre eigenen waren. Sie waren Abenteurer, "Amateure" (im besten Sinn des Wortes), haben herrschende Paradigmen in Frage gestellt, außerhalb der jeweils etablierten Wissenschaft geforscht oder einfach einen ungewohnten Blickwinkel eingenommen. Viele von ihnen sind bei ihren Zeitgenossen auf Argwohn und Ablehnung gestoßen, ignoriert oder bekämpft worden und haben erst nach ihrem Tod die ihnen gebührende Anerkennung gefunden (wovon sie dann nichts mehr hatten).Dieses Buch portraitiert Wissenschaftler aus mehreren Jahrhunderten, die als Außenseiter gewirkt, letztlich aber der Wissenschaft unverzichtbare Dienste erwiesen haben. Es handelt von sehr verschiedenen - teils tragischen - Schicksalen und zeigt, dass die Wissenschaft von unterschiedlichen Temperamenten lebt. Auf sehr gut lesbare Weise liefert der Autor damit nicht nur einen Beitrag zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, sondern gibt auch Einblicke in den Wissenschaftsbetrieb einst und jetzt und hilft, manche Vorurteile zu beseitigen, die sich nach wie vor um die Wissenschaft ranken. Das Buch ist daher keine bloße Sammlung interessanter (wissenschaftlicher) Biographien, sondern auch ein bemerkenswerter kritischer Beitrag zum Verständnis der Wissenschaft insgesamt, deren Entwicklung sich nicht geradlinig, sondern als Zickzackweg vollzieht.Außenseiter sind dabei unerlässlich. _____Wie in allen Bereichen des gesellschaftlichen Lebens treten auch in der Wissenschaft immer wieder Außenseiter in Erscheinung. Siewollen entweder von außen Ideen in die Wissenschaft hineintragen oder gehören zum jeweils etablierten Wissenschaftsbetrieb, vertreten aber Theorien, die ihrer Kollegenschaft suspekt sind. Von "echten Spinnern" abgesehen, die meist schnell als solche entlarvt werden, sind sie mutige, eigensinnige, selbstbewusste und hartnäckige Forscher, die gegen den Strom schwimmen und wichtige Beiträge zum Fortgang der Wissenschaft leisten. In vielen Fällen wird ihre Bedeutung allerdings erst spät erkannt.Das Buch stellt 35 Außenseiter der Naturwissenschaften aus mehreren Jahrhunderten vor, darunter einige sehr bekannte, aber auch manche heute weitgehend in Vergessenheit geratene Forscher und Gelehrte. Es fordert zum kritischen Nachdenken auf und kann auch als Aufruf zum Querdenken gelesen werden. Natürlich wurden und werden maßgebliche Probleme der Wissenschaft nicht nur von Außenseitern gelöst, aber wie die Wissenschaftsgeschichte zeigt, sind Außenseiter unverzichtbar. Sie setzen sich überKonventionen hinweg, beugen sich keinem "Anpassungsdruck" und verteidigen ihre Ideen meist mit bewundernswerter Leidenschaft. Dieses für ein breites Publikum geschriebene Buch entfaltet neben vielen wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen und biographischen Details ein buntes Panorama von der (Natur-)Wissenschaft insgesamt.
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Concepts and Approaches in Evolutionary Epistemology
Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge
Inbunden, Engelska, 1983
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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 epistemology and discussing some of their most important consequences. Because I am convinced that criticism, if not confused with mere polemics, is apt to stimulate the maturation of a scientific or philosophical theory, I invited Reinhard Low to present his critical view of evolutionary epistemology and to indicate some limits of our evolutionary conceptions. The main purpose of this book is to meet the urgent need of both science and philosophy for a comprehensive up-to-date approach to the problem of knowledge, going beyond the traditional disciplinary boundaries of scientific and philosophical thought. Evolutionary epistemology has emerged as a naturalistic and science-oriented view of knowledge taking cognizance of, and compatible with, results of biological, psychological, anthropological and linguistic inquiries concerning the structure and development of man's cognitive apparatus. Thus, evolutionary epistemology serves as a frame work for many contemporary discussions of the age-old problem of human knowledge.
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In retrospect the 19th century tmdoubtedly seems to be the century of evolutionism. The 'discovery of time' and therewith the experience of variability was made by many sciences: not only historians worked on the elaboration and interpretation of this discovery, but also physicists, geographers, biologists and economists, demographers, archaelogists, and even philosophers. The successful empirical fotmdation of evolutive processes by Darwin and his disciples suggested Herbert Spencer's vigorously pursued efforts in searching for an extensive' catalogue of prime and deduced evolutionary principles that would allow to integrate the most different disciplines of natural and social sciences as well as the efforts of philosophers of ethics and epistemologists. Soon it became evident, however, that the claim for integration anticipated by far the actual results of these different disciplines. Darwin I s theory suffered from the fact that in the beginning a hereditary factor which could have his theory could not be detected, while the gainings of grotmd supported in the social sciences got lost in consequence of the completely ahistorical or biologistic speculations of some representatives of the evolutionary research programm and common socialdarwinistic misinterpretations.
Concepts and Approaches in Evolutionary Epistemology
Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
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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 epistemology and discussing some of their most important consequences. Because I am convinced that criticism, if not confused with mere polemics, is apt to stimulate the maturation of a scientific or philosophical theory, I invited Reinhard Low to present his critical view of evolutionary epistemology and to indicate some limits of our evolutionary conceptions. The main purpose of this book is to meet the urgent need of both science and philosophy for a comprehensive up-to-date approach to the problem of knowledge, going beyond the traditional disciplinary boundaries of scientific and philosophical thought. Evolutionary epistemology has emerged as a naturalistic and science-oriented view of knowledge taking cognizance of, and compatible with, results of biological, psychological, anthropological and linguistic inquiries concerning the structure and development of man's cognitive apparatus. Thus, evolutionary epistemology serves as a frame work for many contemporary discussions of the age-old problem of human knowledge.
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Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences
Some Problems and Perspectives
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
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The present volume aims at giving a discussion ot the problems ot reductionism in contemporary life sciences. It contains six papers which deals with reduction/reductionism in different fields ot biological research. Also, the holistic perspective, 1. e. the systems view, is discussed in some ot the papers. The message ot this discussion Is that - whereas reductionism is indeed an important strategy - the systems approach is needed. It is argued by some ot the authors that organisms are complex systems and not just heaps of molecules, 50 that the analytical method does not suffice. Recent developments in systems theory offer the possibility to install a more comprehensive view ot living systems what can be seen particularly in the field ot evolutionary biology. It is true that any organismic activity is molecular, this is to say that it is based on molecular mechanisms. But it is also true that the whole organism displays certain patterns ot behavior which are not just molecular. Any organism can be described as a system ot different levels ot organization different levels ot order and complexity - and it is important, theretore, to study all ot the organizational levels and to see their peculiarities. It should be obvious, however, that there is not one problem ot reduction/reductionism, but that there are many problems linked together and that these problems appear at different levels ot biological research and bio philosophical reflections.
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In retrospect the 19th century tmdoubtedly seems to be the century of evolutionism. The 'discovery of time' and therewith the experience of variability was made by many sciences: not only historians worked on the elaboration and interpretation of this discovery, but also physicists, geographers, biologists and economists, demographers, archaelogists, and even philosophers. The successful empirical fotmdation of evolutive processes by Darwin and his disciples suggested Herbert Spencer's vigorously pursued efforts in searching for an extensive' catalogue of prime and deduced evolutionary principles that would allow to integrate the most different disciplines of natural and social sciences as well as the efforts of philosophers of ethics and epistemologists. Soon it became evident, however, that the claim for integration anticipated by far the actual results of these different disciplines. Darwin I s theory suffered from the fact that in the beginning a hereditary factor which could have his theory could not be detected, while the gainings of grotmd supported in the social sciences got lost in consequence of the completely ahistorical or biologistic speculations of some representatives of the evolutionary research programm and common socialdarwinistic misinterpretations.