Science as a Process
An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science
Paper $35.00
ISBN: 9780226360515
Published May 1990
List of Illustrations and Tables Preface 1. Science, Philosophy of Science, and the Science of Science 2. Up from Darwin 3. Up from Aristotle 4. A Clash of Doctrines 5. Systematists at War 6. Down with Darwinism—Long Live Darwinism 7. Down with Cladism—Long Live Cladism 8. The Need for a Mechanism 9. Secrecy and Bias in Science 10. The Visible Hand 11. A General Analysis of Selection Processes 12. Science as a Selection Process 13. Conceptual Interaction 14. Conclusion Appendices A. Annual Meetings B. Presidents of the Society of Systematic Zoology C. Editors of Systematic Zoology D. Most-Cited papers in Systematic Zoology E. Founding Fellows of the Willi Hennig Society F. Citation Analysis of Leading Cladistic Texts G. Personality Profiles of R. R. Sokal, G. Nelson, and G. Ball H. Acceptance of Darwin's Theory between 1859 and 1869 I. Best Student Papers J. Interviews References Name Index Subject Index
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