9780226360508-0226360504-Science As a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series)

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

ISBN-13: 9780226360508
ISBN-10: 0226360504
Edition: Edition Unstated
Author: David L. Hull
Publication date: 1988
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Format: Hardcover 586 pages
Category: Evolution
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ISBN-13: 9780226360508
ISBN-10: 0226360504
Edition: Edition Unstated
Author: David L. Hull
Publication date: 1988
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Format: Hardcover 586 pages
Category: Evolution

Summary

Science As a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series) (ISBN-13: 9780226360508 and ISBN-10: 0226360504), written by authors David L. Hull, was published by Univ of Chicago Pr in 1988. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Evolution books. You can easily purchase or rent Science As a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Evolution books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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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