David Espesset

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A link between Predictability of evolution & Teleology?

Some articles have been published about the previsibility or predictability of biological evolution, as opposed to the gouldian view of an unpredictable and highly contingent evolution ("Beautiful...

28 January 2020 6,695 2 View

Is the materialism of science a methodological constraint, and not a philosophical choice?

In ‘The Logic of Scientific Discovery’, Karl Popper writes: 11. METHODOLOGICAL RULES AS CONVENTIONS. "Methodological rules are here regarded as conventions. They might be described as the rules of...

11 December 2019 3,217 4 View

"Evolutionary success": a quantitative or qualitative concept?

The phrase “evolutionary success” sometimes appears in scientific productions. However, the concept seems to be based primarily upon quantitative data. For instance, Rodents are said to be...

01 January 1970 5,373 6 View

Deterministic Universe vs. Contingent Universe.

At the microscopic (atoms), mesoscopic (macromolecules) and macroscopic ('human') levels, the Universe seems to be under the influence of random processes (radioactive desintegration, DNA...

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