Vybrané koncepcie evolučného prístupu k teórii vedy
Some Concepts in the Evolutionary Approach to the Theory of Science

Summary/Abstract: Evolutionary Epistemology is a€naturalistic approach to epistemology, which emphasizes the importance of natural selection in two primary roles. In the first role, selection is the generator and maintainer of the reliability of our senses and cognitive mechanisms, as well as the “fit” between those mechanisms and the world. In the second role, trial and error learning and the evolution of scientific theories are construed as selection processes. EET (Evolutionary Epistemology of Theories) is the label for the program which attempts to analyze the development of human knowledge and epistemological norms by appealing to relevant biological considerations. Some of these attempts consider in this paper involve analyzing the growth of human knowledge in terms of selectionist models and metaphors (Toulmin, Hull).

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