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Evolutionary epistemology and the miracle of knowledge
Author(s) -
EDMAN MARTIN
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1755-2567
pISSN - 0040-5825
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-2567.1993.tb00866.x
Subject(s) - miracle , ontology , epistemology , phenomenon , evolutionary epistemology , philosophy , object (grammar) , accidental , theology , linguistics , physics , acoustics
SUMMARY Evolutionary biology is not a possible framework for dogmatic epistemology until an ontology has been found that can account for the principles of (OBJECT) and (BELIEF). Without such an account, evolution itself is an accidental phenomenon and “a miracle” of its own.