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How knowledge grows [electronic resource] : the evolutionary development of scientific practice / Chris Haufe

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Haufe, Chris
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Contents
Again with the science and the evolution? -- The persistence of practice -- Isolation of the evolving population -- Directionality and the refinement of scientific practice -- Branching and the growth of scientific knowledge -- The recovery of scientific knowledge -- The philosophical foundations of disciplinary autonomy -- Attempted paleontology -- Wonderful death.
Summary
"An argument that science is indeed 'socially constructed' but in a way that exposes it to a Darwinian version of variability and selection which ensures its success"--
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ISBN
9780262544450 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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