Science As a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series)

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Hull, David L.

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ISBN 10: 0226360504 ISBN 13: 9780226360508

Published by Univ Of Chicago Press, U.S.A., 1988

Language: English

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Science As a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series)

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Univ Of Chicago Press, U.S.A.

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1988

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English

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0226360504

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9780226360508

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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1st Printing

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Near Fine

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Near Fine

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Hull applies an evolutionary model of selection processes to scientists and their work, showing that competition and cooperation among scientists result in the selective retention of new scientific ideas. As a model he offers a detailed history of theoretical struggles during the last two decades in systematic zoology, a field with which he's intimately acquainted. Hull shows that bias, personal commitments, and self-interest are the norm in science. He argues that scientific knowledge grows not in spite of these seeming flaws but because of them. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Applies evolutionary models to the cultural and conceptual change of intellectual communities. Essential reading for anyone interested in how ideas evolve, and how best to describe these processes rigorously.

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