Selection Theory and Social Construction
The Evolutionary Naturalistic Epistemology of Donald T. Campbell
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Top scholars examine the work of Donald T. Campbell, one of the first to emphasize the social structure of science.
Description
In his long career, Donald T. Campbell made important contributions to social psychology, anthropology, sociology, education, science studies, and epistemology. In this anthology, the authors concentrate on his epistemology, in particular his evolutionary, naturalistic epistemology. The four philosophers, two psychologists, a sociologist, and specialists in science studies and education discuss Campbell's contributions, explaining and criticizing them in a comprehensive way. Campbell and his ideas are treated in a strikingly new light—Campbell enters the new millennium.
Cecilia Heyes is a Reader in Psychology at University College London and coeditor (with Ludwig Huber) of The Evolution of Cognition. David L. Hull is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and the author of many books, including most recently Science and Selection: Essays on Biological Evolution and the Philosophy of Science.
Reviews
"The contributors to this volume are distinguished in their fields, all had close professional and personal connections with Donald Campbell, and they represent the breadth of fields in which Campbell had influence." — Bonnie Paller, California State University, Northridge
"This book will be of interest to evolutionary epistemologists, social epistemologists, and naturalists." — Robert J. Richards, author of The Meaning of Evolution: The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory