Objective knowledge of the product of active Darwinism in Popper's evolutionary epistemology

Darwin’s evolutionary theory has taken on a number of readings since its introduction. The common view in the twentieth century was based on blind chance and natural selection. While in some recent views, living organisms are considered as active, not passive ones that remain to be selected. In this article, we will describe Popper as a philosopher, which interested in the theory of evolution. He attributes special importance to the agency of organisms and their activities. We will show how Popper criticized old views and offered new ones. Popper saw agency as an ongoing process that involved arising problems, finding innovative solutions to problems, and eliminating some of them, which will lead to speciation and increase of biodiversity. Popper's active Darwinism is in obvious contrast to the common views of biologists on the inactivity of organisms toward natural selection and in agreement with so-called non-adaptationism. It is shown that the history of such a view can be traced back to Darwin when he spoke on artificial selection and sexual selection. This article attempts to offer a deeper reading of Popper's epistemology that is consistent with his reading of Darwinism.