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(1984) Is science progressive?, Dordrecht, Springer.
The title of this paper covers a very wide area of logical, philosophical, historical, biological, and psychological studies where the phenomenon of human knowledge is viewed from a dynamic perspective. I shall restrict my attention mainly on the question concerning scientific knowledge and its development. In particular, I shall discuss attempts by some philosophers to analyse the growth of scientific knowledge by using ideas and concepts from the biological theories of evolution.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1978-0_4
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Niiniluoto, I. (1984). The evolution of knowledge, in Is science progressive?, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 61-74.
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