Science as a way of knowing - evolutionary biology

Abstract

This essay is part of an educational project of the American Society of Zoologists that will make proposals for improving the first-year biology course inthe universities. The detailed suggestions emphasize the importance of the conceptual framework of the biological sciences. The topic for this year is Evolutionary Biology and it is developed largely by the hypothetico-deductive method emphasizing that science, in addition to its store of information, is a way of knowing. Other topics will be considered in future years in the ongoing project. © 1984 by the American Society of Zoologists.