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Evolution and the Naked Truth
Gonzalo Munévar
其他書名
A Darwinian Approach to Philosophy
出版Ashgate Pub., 1998
主題Philosophy / GeneralPhilosophy / MetaphysicsScience / Life Sciences / EvolutionScience / Philosophy & Social Aspects
ISBN18401434449781840143447
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QOPWAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The main aim of this book is to use a naturalistic, evolutionary approach to solve some of the most important problems in philosophy. The first two problems come from the philosophy of science: the problem of rationality of science and the problem of truth in science. In presenting the first problem, the author argues that the views of Kuhn and Feyerabend do create a very serious challenge to traditional epistemology, however, if the assumption of individual rationality is abandoned in favour of the author's social concept of rationality, a committed naturalism can account for science as a rational activity. In tackling the second problem of truth, the author shows that a committed evolutionary philosophy does not support realism but leads instead to a thorough evolutionary relativism of scientific knowledge. It is nevertheless possible to use this evolutionary relativism to construct a theory of relative truth.