1st Edition
Philosophical Darwinism On the Origin of Knowledge by Means of Natural Selection
By Peter Munz
Copyright 1993
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Philosophers have not taken the evolution of human beings seriously enough. If they did, argues Peter Munz, many long standing philosophical problems would be resolved. One of philosophical concequences of biology is that all the knowledge produced in evolution is a priori , i.e., established hypothetically by chance mutation and selective retention, not by observation and intelligent induction.... Read more
INTRODUCTION: COGNITIVE CONDITIONS 1 MAN’S GLASSY ESSENCE 2 THE DUBIOUS CREDENTIALS OF POSITIVISM 3 THE LURE OF SOCIOLOGY 4 THE NATURE OF THE MIRROR 5 THE VIEW FROM SOMEWHERE
Biography
Peter Munz
