Biology and Epistemology

Introduction Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein 1. Darwin and the philosophers: epistemological factors in the development and reception of the theory of the Origin of Species Michael Ruse 2. Knowing about life: Darwin and his theory of natural selection Jon Hodge 3. Why did Darwin fail? The role of John Stuart Mill David L. Hull 4. The epistemology of historical interpretation: progressivity and recapitulation in Darwin's Theory Robert J. Richards 5. Down the Primrose Path: competing epistemologies in early twentieth-century biology David Magnus 6. Competing epistemologies and developmental biology Jane Maienschein 7. From imaging to believing: epistemic issues in generating biological data William Bechtel 8. The logic of discovery: in the experimental life sciences Frederic L. Holmes 9. What do population geneticists know and how do they know it? R. C. Lewontin 10. Experimentation, realism, and the historical character of science Marga Vicedo 11. Making sense of life: explanation in developmental biology Evelyn Fox Keller 12. Toward an epistemology for biological pluralism Helen E. Longino 13. Biology and epistemology: emerging themes Kenneth F. Schaffner.