Selection and science: Critical notice of David Hull's science as a process
Biology and Philosophy 7 (2):217-228 (1992)
| Abstract | An examination of Hull's claims about the nature of interactors, replicators and selection, with special attention to how the genetic material realizes the first two types, and a critique of Hull's attempt to apply the theory of natural selection to the explanation of scientific change, and in particular the succession of theories. I conclude that difficulties attending the molecular instantiation of Hull's theory are vastly increased when it comes to be applied to memes. | |||||||||
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