Martínez, Sergio F. (2019) What is innovation? New lessons from biology. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 34 (3). pp. 343-355. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
During the 19thcentury, evolutionary models of innovation followed a famous thesis of continuity, according to which methods and explanatory patterns of biology should have an important say in the social sciences. In the 20th century, this thesis was considered unacceptable as part of the sharp separation of biology from the social sciences. Recent advances in the biological sciences suggest a way in which a version of the thesis of continuity can be reinstated, to suggest new ways of explaining innovation in the social sciences. Key kinds of innovation can be explained in terms of the evolution of robust complex systems, interpreted as processes of path creation.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | nnovation, innovability, evolutionary models of innovation, robustness, path creation, protocols | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Complex Systems |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2019 00:24 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2019 00:24 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 16705 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.18863 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Complex Systems |
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| Date: | September 2019 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 343-355 | ||||||
| Volume: | 34 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16705 |
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