| Evolution and the Naked Truth: A Darwinian Approach to Philosophy Contributor(s): Munevar, Gonzalo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1840143444 ISBN-13: 9781840143447 Publisher: Ashgate Publishing OUR PRICE: $60.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 111 |
| LCCN: 98071956 |
| Series: Avebury Series in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.18" W x 8.8" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
