?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cognition+and+Biological+Evolution%0A%0AAn+Approach+from+Idealist+Philosophy+Resolves+a+Fundamental+Paradox&rft.creator=Randrup%2C+Dr.+Axel&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=The+basic+philosophy+of+mainstream+biology%2C+the+philosophy+of+materialist+realism%2C+assumes+the+existence+of+a+material+world+independent+of+human+observation+and+cognition.+The+scientific+study+of+cognition+in+the+context+of+biological+evolution+(CE)+has%2C+however%2C+led+to+the+result%2C+that+all+our+thoughts+and+cognitions%2C+including+the+assumption+of+a+material+world%2C+are+dependent+on+our+cognitive+apparatus+in+its+present+stage+of+evolution.+I+think%2C+this+result+is+in+contradiction+with+the+materialist+philosophy%2C+and+I+therefore+find%2C+it+is+impossible+to+make+a+contradiction-free+account+of+CE+based+on+this+philosophy.+An+account+of+natural+science%2C+biological+evolution%2C+and+CE+based+on+an+idealist+philosophy+is+offered%2C+and+it+is+argued+that+this+account+is+free+of+contradictions.+In+the+idealist+philosophy+%22material+objects%22+are+regarded+as+concepts+based+on+sensory+experiences.%0A&rft.date=2006-03&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4811%2F1%2Fevolutioncognition.html&rft.identifier=++Randrup%2C+Dr.+Axel++(2006)+Cognition+and+Biological+Evolution+An+Approach+from+Idealist+Philosophy+Resolves+a+Fundamental+Paradox.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4811%2F