Systems Theory and Evolutionary Models of the Development of Science
Philosophy of Science (1971)
- ISSN: 00318248
- DOI: 10.1086/288353
Available from www.journals.uchicago.edu
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Abstract
The uncritical acceptance of the "random mutation-Natural selection" evolutionary model (by popper and kuhn, For example) has led to substantive problems concerning the relation between fact and theory. The primary difficulty lies in the fact that those who adopt this model are led to rely on random processes for the explanation of the emergence of scientific theories. Certain concepts of general systems theory can expose the defects of this model and clarify both continuous and discontinuous elements in science.
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