اپیستمولوژی تکاملی و پیامدهای آن برای بشریت (سری S U N Y در فلسفه و زیست‌شناسی)

This books aims to outline the scientific (biological) foundations of evolutionary epistemology, and to discuss its implications for humankind. Wuketits covers all aspects of evolutionary epistemology, including its empirical foundations and its philosophical and anthropological consequences, providng an accessible introduction with a minimum of jargon.Franz M. Wuketits is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna, Austria and Lecturer of Philosophy of Biology at the University of Graz, Austria. Evolutionary Epistemology and Its Implications for Humankind......Page 2 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 8 Prospectus: Approaching an Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge......Page 11 The Biological Theory of Evolution......Page 19 The Theory of Natural Selection......Page 22 Charles Darwin and Beyond......Page 31 The Systems-Theoretical Approach to Evolution......Page 33 Human Evolution: Some Facts and Figures......Page 35 The Wider Domain of Evolutionary Theory: Mind and Culture......Page 39 Evolutionary Epistemology: A Consequence of Evolutionary Theory......Page 41 Spencer's Development Hypothesis......Page 44 Darwin's Evolutionary Psychology......Page 47 Other Predecessors......Page 49 Kant's Doctrine of the A Priori in a Biological Perspective......Page 52 Popper's Evolutionary View......Page 54 Epistemology Naturalized......Page 56 Organisms as Information-Processing Systems......Page 62 Cognition, Fitness, and Survival......Page 65 The Evolution of Nervous Systems......Page 67 The Ratiomorphic Apparatus......Page 71 Experience and Expectation......Page 75 Evolution as a Belief-Gaining Process......Page 78 Is the Eye Attuned to the Sun?......Page 81 Why Animals Are Realists......Page 84 Innate "Teaching Mechanisms"......Page 87 The "Hypotheses" of the Ratiomorphic Apparatus......Page 91 Facing a World of "Medium Dimensions"......Page 97 The Necessity of a Systems-Theoretical Approach......Page 101 A Nonadaptationist View of the Evolution of Cognition......Page 104 5 The Evolution of Human Knowledge......Page 110 Transgressing the World of Medium Dimensions......Page 112 The Emergence of Rational Knowledge......Page 113 The Meaning of Language......Page 121 Evolutionary Origins of Metaphysical Belief......Page 124 Biological Constraints in the Evolution of Knowledge......Page 127 Cultural Constraints in the Evolution of Knowledge......Page 130 Culture: A Break with Organic Evolution?......Page 136 Organic and Cultural Evolution: Striking Differences......Page 140 Organic and Cultural Evolution: Intimate Connections......Page 142 A Case of Sociobiology?......Page 146 The Fallacy of Genetic Determinism......Page 149 A Nonreductionist View of Culture and Cultural Evolution......Page 153 Two Levels of Evolutionary Epistemology......Page 158 Evolution and Science: Analogies and Metaphors......Page 163 Popper Retried......Page 168 Evolution of Science as an Information Process......Page 172 Evolutionary Epistemology and the Idea of Scientific Progress......Page 179 Limits to Scientific Knowledge?......Page 182 8 The Challenge to Philosophy......Page 186 A New Copernican Revolution?......Page 187 Evolutionary Epistemology and Transcendental Philosophy......Page 188 Cogito, ergo sum—Sum, ergo cogito......Page 190 Beyond Rationalism and Empiricism......Page 191 A New Realism......Page 193 Evolutionary Epistemology and the Notion of Truth......Page 197 Mind and Body: Against Dualism......Page 199 The Decline of Metaphysics......Page 203 Evolutionary Epistemology and Ethics......Page 205 Epilogue: Toward a New Image of Humankind......Page 210 1. Taking Evolution Seriously......Page 217 6. Evolutionary Epistemology and Culture......Page 218 8. The Challenge to Philosophy......Page 219 Glossary......Page 220 Bibliography......Page 232 D......Page 258 L......Page 259 R......Page 260 D......Page 261 H......Page 262 P......Page 263 W......Page 264 Franz M. Wuketits. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.