This special issue for the Journal for General Philosophy of Science is devoted to exploring the impact and many ramifications of current research in evolutionary epistemology. Evolutionary epistemology (EE) is an inter- and multidisciplinary area of research that can be divided into two ever-inclusive research avenues. One research avenue expands on the EEM program and investigates the epistemology of evolution. The other research avenue builds on the EET program and researches the evolution of epistemology. Since its conception, EE has developed three schools of thought: adaptationist, non-adaptationist, and applied EE. Although diverse in outlook and theoretical background, these research avenues and schools share the same agenda of understanding how knowledge evolves, and how it relates to the world. In this paper, we first explain wherefrom evolutionary epistemological schools of thought developed, and then we highlight current debates in EE by briefly reviewing the papers that form part of this special issue.

本期《一般科学哲学杂志》 特刊致力于探索当前进化认识论研究的影响和许多分支。进化认识论 (EE) 是一个跨学科和多学科的研究领域，可以分为两个永远包容的研究途径。一种研究途径扩展了 EEM 计划并研究了进化的认识论。另一个研究途径建立在 EET 计划的基础上，研究认识论的演变。自其概念以来，EE 已经发展出三种思想流派：适应主义、非适应主义和应用 EE。尽管观点和理论背景各不相同，但这些研究途径和学派在理解知识如何演变及其与世界的关系方面有着相同的议程。在本文中，我们首先解释进化认识论的思想流派是从哪里发展起来的，