Biology and Epistemology
Herausgeber: Creath, Richard; Ruse, Michael; Maienschein, Jane
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Introduction Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein; 1. Darwin and the
philosophers: epistemological factors in the development and reception of
the theory of the Origin of Species Michael Ruse; 2. Knowing about life:
Darwin and his theory of natural selection Jon Hodge; 3. Why did Darwin
fail? The role of John Stuart Mill David L. Hull; 4. The epistemology of
historical interpretation: progressivity and recapitulation in Darwin's
Theory Robert J. Richards; 5. Down the Primrose Path: competing
epistemologies in early twentieth-century biology David Magnus; 6.
Competing epistemologies and developmental biology Jane Maienschein;
7. From imaging to believing: epistemic issues in generating biological
data William Bechtel; 8. The logic of discovery: in the experimental life
sciences Frederic L. Holmes; 9. What do population geneticists know and how
do they know it? R. C. Lewontin; 10. Experimentation, realism, and the
historical character of science Marga Vicedo; 11. Making sense of life:
explanation in developmental biology Evelyn Fox Keller; 12. Toward an
epistemology for biological pluralism Helen E. Longino; 13. Biology and
epistemology: emerging themes Kenneth F. Schaffner.
