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In the first essay (section 5) of the present volume I gave a preview of innovations carried out by evolutionary, and I tried to outline some of the most important consequences of an evolutionary theory of human knowledge. However, the question now is: Do these innovations — and does evolutionary epistomology in general — mean a new Copernican revolution? Some advocates of evolutionary epistemology, indeed, lay claim to the consequence that this theory has signified a Copernican turn by a host of scientific and philosophical problems. Let us, first, take a few examples.
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Wuketits, F.M. (1984). Evolutionary Epistemology — A New Copernican Revolution?. In: Wuketits, F.M. (eds) Concepts and Approaches in Evolutionary Epistemology. Theory and Decision Library, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7127-1_10
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