Abstract
The eminent philosopher of biology, David Hull has proposed that a general theory of can be advanced that would account for the evolution of organisms as well as for the evolution of scientific knowledge. According to Hull, competition among scientists plays in conceptual evolution a similar essential role as competition among organisms plays in biological evolution. Hull uses the sociobiology tradition to explain the apparently altruistic behavior of scientists in the search for knowledge.
Highlights
The eminent philosopher of biology, David Hull has proposed that a "general theory of evolution" can be advanced that would account for the evolution of organisms as well as for the evolution of scientific knowledge
Nuestro interés en concepciones epistemológicas que como la de Hull utilizan de manera heurística la teoría de la evolución se basa en la preponderancia de tales teorías en la filosofía de la ciencia contemporánea, preponderancia debida en buena parte a su originalidad en reconocer los paralelos entre la evolución de los organismos y la historia del conocimiento científico
Plotkin (1994, Darwin Machines, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts) presenta las aproximaciones seleccionistas de Darwin a la evolución de las lenguas y de Huxley al desarrollo de las ideas
Summary
The eminent philosopher of biology, David Hull has proposed that a "general theory of evolution" can be advanced that would account for the evolution of organisms as well as for the evolution of scientific knowledge. Nuestra intención en este trabajo es discutir el interés y la validez que tiene la aplicación del darwinismo al análisis del desarrollo del conocimiento científico. XLVIII-2-1996 (c) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Licencia Creative Commons 3.0 España (by-nc) http://asclepio.revistas.csic.es
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