theories of the Evolution of Knowing

the T.c. Schneirla Conferences Series, Volume 4
Herausgeber: Greenberg, Gary; Tobach, Ethel

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents current thought and criticism on evolutionary epistemology -- the evolution of knowledge and knowing. As the theme of the fourth T.C. Schneirla Conference held at Wichita State University, evolutionary epistemology was examined from several diverse areas of study including comparative, developmental, physiological, and cultural psychology as well as philosophy. Theories of the Evolution of Knowing addresses alternatives to the genetic determinism inherent in Donald Campbell's concept of genetic epistemology. The concept of integrative levels is shown to offer a parsimonious, non- reductionist approach to the development of "knowing" as a human capacity.

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First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 165mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780805807554
• ISBN-10: 0805807551
• Artikelnr.: 33871709

Autorenporträt

Gary Greenberg, Ethel Tobach

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
D.T. Campbell
Levels of Organization
Downward Causation
and the Selection-Theory Approach to Evolutionary Epistemology. A. Danailov
C. Togel
Evolutionary Epistemology: Science Philosophy. R.M. Lerner
A Developmental Contextual Critique of Evolutionary Epistemology. S. Wapner
J. Demick
Development of Experience and Action: Levels of Integration in Human Functioning. R.B. Cairns
Developmental Epistemology and Self-Knowledge: Toward a Reinterpretation of Self-Esteem. S. Chorover
Paradigms Lost and Regained: Changing Beliefs
Values and Practices in Neuropsychology. S. Scribner
A Sociocultural Approach to the Study of Mind. D.D. Jensen
A Phylogenetic Epistemology: The Evolution of Sensory Organs
Nervous Systems
and Effectors from Protozoan to Primate. R. Feleppa
Evolutionary Epistemology Naturalized: Comments on Lerner
Danailov
and Togel. E. Tobach
The Amoeba and Einstein.