Evolution and the Naked Truth: Darwinian Approach to Philosophy
Gonzalo Munévar
Abstract
Part 1 Evolutionary relativism: evolution and the naked truth extraterrestrial and human science Bohr and evolutionary relativism cultural relativism and universalism a note on margolis. Part 2 Evolution and rationality: the connection between evolution and tha nature of scientific knowledge towards a future epistemology of science Hull, biology and epistemology science as part of nature. Part 3 From epistemology to ethics: evolution and justification the morality of rational ants a naturalistic account of free will. Part 4 Application to space science: a philosopher looks at space exploration pecking orders and rhetoric in science SETI, self-reproducing machines, and impossibilty proofs. Appendices on Feyerabend: science in Feyerabend's free society a rehabilitation of Paul Feyerabend.