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Philosophical Darwinism challenges philosophers to take human evolution seriously and reveals how doing so resolves long-standing philosophical problems. Peter Munz argues that all knowledge produced through evolution is established a priori by chance mutation and selective retention rather than observation and intelligent induction. The book presents organisms as embodied theories subject to natural selection, whilst theories function as disembodied organisms undergoing artificial selection. Following Popper's framework, Munz traces the continuous growth of knowledge from the simplest organisms through complex human thought, demonstrating that evolutionary principles fundamentally reshape how we understand the origin and development of human knowledge itself.

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Philosophical Darwinism reframes knowledge production through evolutionary biology and natural selection mechanisms.

The book argues that a priori knowledge emerges from chance mutation and selective retention rather than observation alone.

Munz presents organisms and theories as parallel systems subject to natural and artificial selection respectively.

The work builds on Popper's theory to show knowledge growth as continuous from simple organisms to human reasoning.

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Release Date
18 March 1993
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12 January 2007

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