Modelling the truth of scientific beliefs with cultural evolutionary theory.

Evolutionary anthropologists and archaeologists have been considerably successful in modelling the cumulative evolution of culture, of technological skills and knowledge in particular. Recently, one of these models has been introduced in the philosophy of science by De Cruz and De Smedt (Philos Stud...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 191; no. 1; pp. 109 - 126
Main Authors:	Vaesen, Krist, Houkes, Wybo
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jan2014
Subjects:	Social evolution Anthropologists Archaeologists Scientists Empirical research Multiagent systems
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost