David L Hull
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 253444 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David L Hull |
| NOMBRES | David L |
| APELLIDO | Hull |
| FIRMA | HULL D L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 40 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 255 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1965 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Evolutionary Epistemology
Defining Darwinism
The role of theories in biological systematics
What's Wrong with Invisible-Hand Explanations
An invisible hand seems to play an important role in science. In this paper I set out the general structure of invisible-hand explanations, counter some objections that have been raised to them, and detail the role that they play in science. The most important issue is the character of the mechanisms that are supposed to bring about invisible-hand effects
The Advancement of Science
The Disorder of Things
How Classification Works
Making Science
The Structure and Confirmation of Evolutionary Theory
Ernst Mayr on the Philosophy of Biology
Science as a Process
Reconstructing the Past
Science as a Process
is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as Hull has done. I share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of Legend and the facile charms of relativism. . . . Because of [Hull's] deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, Science as a Process begins an important project in the study o…
Evolution at a Crossroads
Vaulting Ambition
Openness and Secrecy in Science
The objectivity that is so central to science is not so much the objectivity of individual scientists as the objectivity of the scientific community. Scientists are rarely as good at refuting their own pet hypotheses as their colleagues may be. And, indeed, many critics argue that science would proceed much more efficiently if scientists subordinated their own self-interest to the greater good of science as an institution. They also urge that the…
Darwinism Defended
Kitts and Kitts and Caplan on Species
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Beast and Man
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are rather more like other animals than we previously allowed ourselves to believe, and reminds us just how primitive we are in comparison to the sophis…
Individuality and Selection
Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine observations of species occurrence or abundance with environmental estimates. They are used to gain ecological and evolutionary insights and to predict distributions across landscapes, ...Read More
Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science . Ernest Nagel
On Human Nature
If species are the things that evolve at least in large part through the action of natural selection, then both genetic and phenotypic variability are essential to biological species. If all species are variable, then Homo sapiens must be variable. Hence, it is very unlikely that the human species as a biological species can be characterized by a set of invariable traits. It might be the case that at this moment in evolutionary history, all human…
A Rational Animal and Other Philosophical Essays on the Nature of Man . Antony Flew
Reduction in Genetics
In a recent paper, William K. Goosens (1978) objects to the arguments I set out some time ago attacking the logical empiricist analysis of reduction as applied to genetics (Hull 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976a). In these works I did not argue against the claim that Mendelian genetics was being reduced to molecular biology. Nor did I conclude, as Goosens asserts, that in the case of genetics, “reduction is insignificant” (p. 93). To the contrary, I repeat…
In Defense of Presentism
L. Pearce Williams was so irate over Joseph Agassi's book on Michael Faraday and the section on Faraday in a book by William Berkson that he was moved to entitle his review Should Philosophers Be Allowed to Write History?' Williams answers the question posed in the title of his review with a resounding NO! He complains that philosophers are prone to scandalous carelessness in transcribing quotations and to inaccurate descriptions, not to mention …
A Matter of Individuality
Biological species have been treated traditionally as spatiotemporally unrestricted classes. If they are to perform the function which they do in the evolutionary process, they must be spatiotemporally localized individuals, historical entities. Reinterpreting biological species as historical entities solves several important anomalies in biology, in philosophy of biology, and within philosophy itself. It also has important implications for any a…
The Effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy—two Thousand Years of Stasis (I)
How Classification Works
Central Subjects and Historical Narratives
At first glance, the changes in contemporary philosophy of science necessary to accommodate the intuitions of historians about historiography are as great as those required in Aristotelian science by Copernicus' suggestion that the sun, not the earth, occupied the center of the universe. If fire instead of earth resided in the center of the universe, then the entire Aristotelian system of the four elements, humors, and polar principles had to be …
In Defense of Presentism
L. Pearce Williams was so irate over Joseph Agassi's book on Michael Faraday and the section on Faraday in a book by William Berkson that he was moved to entitle his review Should Philosophers Be Allowed to Write History?' Williams answers the question posed in the title of his review with a resounding NO! He complains that philosophers are prone to scandalous carelessness in transcribing quotations and to inaccurate descriptions, not to mention …
Reduction in Genetics—Biology or Philosophy
A belief common among philosophers and biologists alike is that Mendelian genetics has been or is in the process of being reduced to molecular genetics, in the sense of formal theory reduction current in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to show that there are numerous empirical and conceptual difficulties which stand in the way of establishing a systematic inferential relation between Mendelian and molecular genetics. These difficulti…
The Effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy—two Thousand Years of Stasis (Ii)
What's Wrong with Invisible-Hand Explanations
An invisible hand seems to play an important role in science. In this paper I set out the general structure of invisible-hand explanations, counter some objections that have been raised to them, and detail the role that they play in science. The most important issue is the character of the mechanisms that are supposed to bring about invisible-hand effects
The Metaphysics of Evolution
Extreme variation in the meaning of the term “species” throughout the history of biology has often frustrated attempts of historians, philosophers and biologists to communicate with one another about the transition in biological thinking from the static species concept to the modern notion of evolving species. The most important change which has underlain all the other fluctuations in the meaning of the word “species” is the change from it denoti…
Kitts and Kitts and Caplan on Species
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What philosophy of biology is not
Openness and Secrecy in Science
The objectivity that is so central to science is not so much the objectivity of individual scientists as the objectivity of the scientific community. Scientists are rarely as good at refuting their own pet hypotheses as their colleagues may be. And, indeed, many critics argue that science would proceed much more efficiently if scientists subordinated their own self-interest to the greater good of science as an institution. They also urge that the…
Morphospecies and Biospecies
The role of theories in biological systematics
Scientific bandwagon or traveling medicine show
Reduction in Genetics
In a recent paper, William K. Goosens (1978) objects to the arguments I set out some time ago attacking the logical empiricist analysis of reduction as applied to genetics (Hull 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976a). In these works I did not argue against the claim that Mendelian genetics was being reduced to molecular biology. Nor did I conclude, as Goosens asserts, that in the case of genetics, “reduction is insignificant” (p. 93). To the contrary, I repeat…
A Logical Empiricist Looks at Biology
Are the ‘Members’ of Biological Species ‘Similar’ to Each Other
The Effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy—two Thousand Years of Stasis (Ii)
The Effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy—two Thousand Years of Stasis (I)
The Metaphysics of Evolution
Extreme variation in the meaning of the term “species” throughout the history of biology has often frustrated attempts of historians, philosophers and biologists to communicate with one another about the transition in biological thinking from the static species concept to the modern notion of evolving species. The most important change which has underlain all the other fluctuations in the meaning of the word “species” is the change from it denoti…
The Conflict Between Spontaneous Generation and Aristotle's Metaphysics
What philosophy of biology is not
Morphospecies and Biospecies
Systemic Dynamic Social Theory
(1970). Systemic Dynamic Social Theory. The Sociological Quarterly: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 351-363
Reduction in Genetics—Biology or Philosophy
A belief common among philosophers and biologists alike is that Mendelian genetics has been or is in the process of being reduced to molecular genetics, in the sense of formal theory reduction current in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to show that there are numerous empirical and conceptual difficulties which stand in the way of establishing a systematic inferential relation between Mendelian and molecular genetics. These difficulti…
Are the ‘Members’ of Biological Species ‘Similar’ to Each Other
Philosophy of Natural Science.
Central Subjects and Historical Narratives
At first glance, the changes in contemporary philosophy of science necessary to accommodate the intuitions of historians about historiography are as great as those required in Aristotelian science by Copernicus' suggestion that the sun, not the earth, occupied the center of the universe. If fire instead of earth resided in the center of the universe, then the entire Aristotelian system of the four elements, humors, and polar principles had to be …
Are Species Really Individuals?
Journal Article Are Species Really Individuals? Get access David L. Hull David L. Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Systematic Biology, Volume 25, Issue 2, June 1976, Pages 174–191, https://doi.org/10.2307/2412744 Published: 01 June 1976 Article history Received: 01 August 1975 Published: 01 June 1976
A Logical Empiricist Looks at Biology
A Matter of Individuality
Biological species have been treated traditionally as spatiotemporally unrestricted classes. If they are to perform the function which they do in the evolutionary process, they must be spatiotemporally localized individuals, historical entities. Reinterpreting biological species as historical entities solves several important anomalies in biology, in philosophy of biology, and within philosophy itself. It also has important implications for any a…
Scientific bandwagon or traveling medicine show
A Rational Animal and Other Philosophical Essays on the Nature of Man . Antony Flew
Reduction in Genetics
In a recent paper, William K. Goosens (1978) objects to the arguments I set out some time ago attacking the logical empiricist analysis of reduction as applied to genetics (Hull 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976a). In these works I did not argue against the claim that Mendelian genetics was being reduced to molecular biology. Nor did I conclude, as Goosens asserts, that in the case of genetics, “reduction is insignificant” (p. 93). To the contrary, I repeat…
In Defense of Presentism
L. Pearce Williams was so irate over Joseph Agassi's book on Michael Faraday and the section on Faraday in a book by William Berkson that he was moved to entitle his review Should Philosophers Be Allowed to Write History?' Williams answers the question posed in the title of his review with a resounding NO! He complains that philosophers are prone to scandalous carelessness in transcribing quotations and to inaccurate descriptions, not to mention …
Individuality and Selection
Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine observations of species occurrence or abundance with environmental estimates. They are used to gain ecological and evolutionary insights and to predict distributions across landscapes, ...Read More
Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science . Ernest Nagel
On Human Nature
If species are the things that evolve at least in large part through the action of natural selection, then both genetic and phenotypic variability are essential to biological species. If all species are variable, then Homo sapiens must be variable. Hence, it is very unlikely that the human species as a biological species can be characterized by a set of invariable traits. It might be the case that at this moment in evolutionary history, all human…
Kitts and Kitts and Caplan on Species
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Beast and Man
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are rather more like other animals than we previously allowed ourselves to believe, and reminds us just how primitive we are in comparison to the sophis…
Darwinism Defended
Openness and Secrecy in Science
The objectivity that is so central to science is not so much the objectivity of individual scientists as the objectivity of the scientific community. Scientists are rarely as good at refuting their own pet hypotheses as their colleagues may be. And, indeed, many critics argue that science would proceed much more efficiently if scientists subordinated their own self-interest to the greater good of science as an institution. They also urge that the…
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