Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: Various claims have been made, recently, that Darwin's argumentation in theOrigininstantiates and so supports some general philosophical proposal about scientific theorizing, for example, the “semantic view”. But these claims are grounded in various incorrect analyses of that argumentation. A summary is given here of an analysis defended at greater length in several papers by the present author. The historical and philosophical advantages of this analysis are explained briefly. Darwin's argument comprises three distinct evidential cases on behalf of natural selection, cases, that is, for itsexistence, itsadequacyand itsresponsibility.Theorizing, today, about evolution by natural selection involves a similar structure of evidential and explanatory concerns.
Source: Philosophy of Science
DOI: 10.1086/289682
Author: M. J. S. Hodge
Institution: University of Leeds
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1989207178