The Evolution Of Reason: Logic As A Branch Of Biology (cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Biology)
by William S. Cooper /
2001 / English / PDF
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The formal systems of logic have ordinarily been regarded as
independent of biology, but recent developments in evolutionary
theory suggest that biology and logic may be intimately
interrelated. In this book, William S. Cooper outlines a theory of
rationality in which logical law emerges as an intrinsic aspect of
evolutionary biology. He examines the connections between logic and
evolutionary biology and illustrates how logical rules are derived
directly from evolutionary principles, and therefore, have no
independent status of their own. This biological perspective on
logic, though at present unorthodox, could change traditional ideas
about the reasoning process.
The formal systems of logic have ordinarily been regarded as
independent of biology, but recent developments in evolutionary
theory suggest that biology and logic may be intimately
interrelated. In this book, William S. Cooper outlines a theory of
rationality in which logical law emerges as an intrinsic aspect of
evolutionary biology. He examines the connections between logic and
evolutionary biology and illustrates how logical rules are derived
directly from evolutionary principles, and therefore, have no
independent status of their own. This biological perspective on
logic, though at present unorthodox, could change traditional ideas
about the reasoning process.
