The structure of idealization in biological theories: the case of the Wright-Fisher model. Journal for the General Philosophy of Science (2012)

by Alfonso Arroyo-Santos

Co-authored with Xavier de Donato. Published at the Journal for General Philosophy of Science 2012.

In this paper we present a new framework of idealization in biology. We characterize idealizations as a network of... more

Classificatory Theory in Data-Intensive Science: The Case of Open Biomedical Ontologies

by Sabina Leonelli

Forthcoming in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Knowledge-making practices in biology are being strongly affected by the availability of data on an unprecedented... more

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A epistemologia de Taketani-Osada

by Piotr Trzesniak

Trzesniak, Piotr (2009): A epistemologia de Taketani-Osada, in: Oliveira, V. F.; Cavenagui, V.; Másculo, F. S. (org): Tópicos emergentes e desafios metodológicos em engenharia de produção: casos, experiências e proposições (p 199-204). Rio deJaneiro/RJ: Editora da Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ISBN 978-85-88478-38-1).

Observam-se atualmente muitas áreas do conhecimento que apresentam uma dimensão aplicada (profissional) consolidada e... more

On a Contrastive Criterion of Testability II: The Material Inadequacy of Contrastive Testability

by Sebastian Lutz

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Elliott Sober has suggested his contrastive criterion of testability as an improvement over previous criteria of... more

On a Contrastive Criterion of Testability I: Defining Contrastive Testability

by Sebastian Lutz

Draft

Elliott Sober has suggested his contrastive criterion of testability as an improvement over previous criteria of... more

Criteria of Empirical Significance: a Success Story

by Sebastian Lutz

An earlier version of this article received the Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize 2009 of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

The sheer multitude of criteria of empirical significance has been taken as evidence that the pre-analytic notion... more

Conventional and Objective Invariance: Debs and Redhead on Symmetry

by Sebastian Lutz

Co-authored with Stephan Hartmann. Published in 2010 in /Metascience/, vol. 19, pp. 3–27, without its title and abstract as part of the symposium "A new perspective on objectivity and conventionalism".

This review is a critical discussion of three main claims in Debs and Redhead's thought-provoking book Objectivity,... more

What's Right With a Syntactic Approach to Theories and Models?

by Sebastian Lutz

Presented at the EPSA09: 2nd Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association

I argue that, contrary to common opinion, (i) unintended models do not pose a significant problem for syntactic... more

On a Straw Man in the Philosophy of Science - A Defense of the Received View

by Sebastian Lutz

Published in /HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science/ 2(1), pp. 77-120. Spring 2012.

I defend the Received View on scientific theories as developed by Carnap, Hempel, and Feigl against a number of... more

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