Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge
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Gerd Gigerenzer, University of Chicago : An outstanding example of a bold and thought-provoking struggle for a unified viewpoint on the nature of knowledge. Plotkin's intention is not just to show connections between various accounts of knowledge from evolutionary biologists, psychologists, and philosophers--he is going for more. He attempts to develop and unified point of view, based on Darwin and twentieth-century evolutionary epistemology. This book is extremely lucid, clear, and well-written.
David Hull, Northwestern University : In his Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge, Plotkin does for evolutionary epistemology what Richard Dawkins did for gene selectionism in The Selfish Gene. As in the case of gene selectionist versions of evolutionary theory, most of the work in evolutionary epistemology is highly esoteric and extremely hard to follow. Plotkin decided that it was time to summarize the advances in ways that more general readers can comprehend and appreciate. He has simplified this large literature without distorting it. I read the book with enjoyment.
About the Author
Henry Plotkin is Professor of Psychobiology and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University College in London.
Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge,Henry Plotkin,Harvard University Press,0674192818,Epistemology,Human Evolution,Life Sciences - Evolution,Magnetism,Science,Science/Mathematics,Psychology,Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology
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