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Introduction Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein; 1. Darwin and thephilosophers: epistemological factors in the development and reception of thetheory of the Origin of Species Michael Ruse; 2. Knowing about life: Darwinand his theory of natural selection Jon Hodge; 3. Why did Darwin fail? Therole of John Stuart Mill David L. Hull; 4. The epistemology of historicalinterpretation: progressivity and recapitulation in Darwin's Theory Robert J.Richards; 5. Down the Primrose Path: competing epistemologies in earlytwentieth-century biology David Magnus; 6. Competing epistemologies anddevelopmental biology Jane Maienschein; 7. From imaging to believing:epistemic issues in generating biological data William Bechtel; 8. The logicof discovery: in the experimental life sciences Frederic L. Holmes; 9. Whatdo population geneticists know and how do they know it? R. C. Lewontin; 10.Experimentation, realism, and the historical character of science MargaVicedo; 11. Making sense of life: explanation in developmental biology EvelynFox Keller; 12. Toward an epistemology for biological pluralism Helen E.Longino; 13. Biology and epistemology: emerging themes Kenneth F. Schaffner.