Evolutionary Epistemology

a heuristic for communication

Abstract

The article reflects on the potential for transferring the procedural logic of Darwin’s evolution of species to scientific knowledge and other social processes. It indicates a criticism against a purely analog transfer and the existence of diversified models of application of the Darwinian paradigm to science processes. It proposes a heuristic extraction from Darwin's discoveries and from explanatory and prescriptive experiences of evolutionary epistemology. On these bases, it presents a perception of the procedural logic of transformation and continuity as a suitable heuristic for knowledge development, as well as for other social processes in which non-deterministic developments are perceived. In conclusion, it indicates the possibility of activating this heuristic for communication studies.