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A biological account of human knowledge
| dc.creator | Zinser, Jason Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:02:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:02:04Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2000 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-Z52 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This work was inspired by a simple question with a very complex answer; where does our knowledge come from? Although this question can be addressed from many different perspectives, I approach this question from an evolutionary perspective by surveying philosophical interpretations of evolutionary theory. Contemporary treatments of evolution by philosophy fall under the title of evolutionary epistemology, which is considered in the naturalized epistemology camp. Within evolutionary epistemology, two very different branches emerge: the evolutionary epistemology of theories (EET) and the evolutionary epistemology of mechanisms (EEM). The EET approach attempts to provide an evolutionary framework for scientific progress, or culture in general, by modeling Darwinian evolution. The EEM approach looks directly at the evolution of humans in order to determine the effects of natural selection on intelligence. One result of the EEM approach is natural skepticism, which holds that human intelligence is inherently limited in its reasoning abilities. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | philosophy. | en |
| dc.subject | Major philosophy. | en |
| dc.title | A biological account of human knowledge | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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