The Advancement of Science
Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions
Kitcher, Philip Presidential Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
Print publication date: 1995 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-509653-8







doi:10.1093/0195096533.003.0002

Philip Kitcher
Abstract: Offers an extensive case study—Darwin's formulation and defence of evolutionary theory—in an attempt to show how detailed study of a historical episode can make room for the possibility of scientific progress and rational acceptance of novel views.

Keywords: Darwin, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, scientific progress,

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