Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge 7
1 Again with the Science and the Evolution? 11
2 The Persistence of Practice 45
3 Isolation of the Evolving Population 71
4 Directionality and the Refinement of Scientific Practice 105
5 Branching and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge 141
6 The Recovery of Scientific Knowledge 177
II The Emergence of a Discipline 207
7 The Philosophical Foundations of Disciplinary Autonomy 213
8 Attempted Paleontology 227
9 Wonderful Death 271
Notes 309
References 315
Index 329

About the Author

Chris Haufe is Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University.