Reflections about Evolutionary Epistemology: EEM Program and EET Program

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10.2991/icadce-17.2017.205How to use a DOI?

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evolutionary epistemology; EEM program; EET program; limitations

Abstract

Evolutionary epistemology has been classified into two programs by Bradie Michael : Evolutionary Epistemology Mechanism (EEM) and Evolutionary Epistemology Theory program (EET). This paper investigates the differences between EEM and EET. It is shown that EEM focused on the biological mechanism of cognitive occurrence whereas EET focused on the result of cognitive activity. It is found that there are flaws in this classification that EEM and EET should be given consideration for the logical unification with methodological innovation by focusing on cognitive processes as well as social and cultural mechanism.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qiaohua Ren
AU  - Jingzhu Zhang
PY  - 2017/05
DA  - 2017/05
TI  - Reflections about Evolutionary Epistemology: EEM Program and EET Program
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 842
EP  - 845
SN  - 2352-5398
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