ABSTRACT
As the “normal” social or behavioral scientists “toil in the vineyards” of their discipline, it is rare for them to unearth a concept that, at one and the same time, spans several sciences, possesses substantial philosophical significance, and has profound social policy implications. Simply, most behavioral scientists are used to dealing with concepts and issues rather insulated from implications for other domains of scholarship or for the world of policy, application, and politics. Yet, in the subject area encompassed by the concept of “evolutionary epistemology,” the scientist encounters a topic having considerable importance for philosophy, for science, and for policy (cf. Chorover, 1979).
