Darwinian 'blind' hypothesis formation revisited

Synthese

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-218

  Kronfeldner, Maria E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blind variation; Campbell; Creativity; Darwinism; Evolutionary epistemology; Guided variation; Hypothesis formation; Lamarckism; Popper; Simonton

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955095976     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9498-8     Document Type: Article

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