One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in this volume a general analysis of this selection process that applies equally to biological evolution, the reaction of the immune system to antigens, operant learning, and social and conceptual change in science. Science and Selection brings together many of Hull's most important essays on selection (some never before published) in one accessible volume.
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"Most of these essays have been previously published but are so widely scattered in the literature that it is worthwhile to have them in a single volume. Highly recommended." Choice
"...a series of provocative writings on biological and conceptual evolution and the philosophy of science...Science and Selection discharges its duty well, collecting Hull's mature thoughts on a variety of important topics...in an affordable and accessible package." Journal of the History of Biology
"...a series of provocative writings on biological and conceptual evolution and the philosophy of science...Science and Selection discharges its duty well, collecting Hull's mature thoughts on a variety of important topics...in an affordable and accessible package." Journal of the History of Biology
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One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in this volume a general analysis of this selection process that applies equally to biological evolution, the reaction of the immune system to anitgens, operant learning, and social and conceptual change in science. Science and Selection brings together many of Hull's most important essays on selection (some never before published) in one accessible volume.
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The distinction between organisms and species is as old as Western thought. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operant lineages, operant selection, own conceptual inclusive fitness, hypotheses about science, conceptual replicators, primary replicators, interaction causes replication, operant researchers, differential perpetuation, conceptual evolution, genealogical nexus, conceptual lineages, somatic selection, demic structure, unearned authority, selection contingency, operant behavior, successive replications, science fiction examples, replication sequences, differential replication, operant learning, selecting environment, conceptual replication, novel predictions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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operant lineages, operant selection, own conceptual inclusive fitness, hypotheses about science, conceptual replicators, primary replicators, interaction causes replication, operant researchers, differential perpetuation, conceptual evolution, genealogical nexus, conceptual lineages, somatic selection, demic structure, unearned authority, selection contingency, operant behavior, successive replications, science fiction examples, replication sequences, differential replication, operant learning, selecting environment, conceptual replication, novel predictions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Philosophy of Biology (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by David L. Hull on 6 pages
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- Scrutinizing Science: Empirical Studies of Scientific Change by Professor Arthur Donovan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by William F. Harms in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Darwin (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Jonathan Hodge in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Epistemology of Development, Evolution, and Genetics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Richard Burian in Front Matter
- The Philosophy of Biology: An Episodic History (The Evolution of Modern Philosophy) by Marjorie Grene in Back Matter
- Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Giovanni Boniolo in Front Matter
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