Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we invoke truths to explain the success of science? Do our cognitive faculties track truths? Some philosophers say yes, while others say no, to these questions. Interestingly, both groups use the same scientific theory, viz., evolutionary theory, to defend their positions. I argue that it begs the question for the former group to do so because their positive answers imply that evolutionary theory is warranted, whereas it is self-defeating for the latter group to do so because their negative answers imply that evolutionary theory is unwarranted.clos
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence ...
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence ...
Many agree that philosophers of knowledge and of moral behavior should take into thoughtful consider...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Evolutionary theory is a paradigmatic example of a well-supported scientific theory. In this chapter...
Evolutionary theory is a paradigmatic example of a well-supported scientific theory. In this chapter...
Van Fraassen (The scientific image, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980) claims that successful th...
I discuss two types of evidential problems with the most widely touted experiments in evolutionary...
Although a great deal of ecological research assumes Evolutionary Theory by Natural Selection (ETNS)...
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence ...
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence ...
Many agree that philosophers of knowledge and of moral behavior should take into thoughtful consider...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Does science move toward truths? Are present scientific theories (approximately) true? Should we inv...
Evolutionary theory is a paradigmatic example of a well-supported scientific theory. In this chapter...
Evolutionary theory is a paradigmatic example of a well-supported scientific theory. In this chapter...
Van Fraassen (The scientific image, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980) claims that successful th...
I discuss two types of evidential problems with the most widely touted experiments in evolutionary...
Although a great deal of ecological research assumes Evolutionary Theory by Natural Selection (ETNS)...
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence ...
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence ...
Many agree that philosophers of knowledge and of moral behavior should take into thoughtful consider...