
The Dynamics of Science
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Grant Ramsey is a research professor at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium. His work centers on philosophical problems at the foundation of evolutionary biology. He runs the Ramsey Lab, a highly collaborative research group focused on issues in the philosophy of the life sciences.
Andreas De Block (Editor)
Andreas De Block is a professor at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium. His current research interests revolve around philosophy of sex, science, and values, and experimental philosophy of medicine. He likes to collaborate with researchers from other disciplines, and has published with legal scholars, psychologists, economists, sport scientists, and biologists.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Tools, Tests, and Data: An Introduction to the New History and Philosophy of Science | Andreas De Block and Grant Ramsey
- Part I. Toward a New Logic of Scientific Discovery, Creativity, and Progress
- 1. Five Models of Science, Illustrating How Selection Shapes Methods | Paul E. Smaldino
- 2. Pooling with the Best | Justin Bruner and Bennett Holman
- 3. Promoting Diverse Collaborations | Mike D. Schneider, Hannah Rubin, and Cailin O'Connor
- 4. Using Phylomemies to Investigate the Dynamics of Science | David Chavalarias, Philippe Huneman, and Thibault Racovski
- Part II. Frontiers in Tools, Methods, and Models
- 5. LDA Topic Modeling: Contexts for the History and Philosophy of Science | Colin Allen and Jaimie Murdock
- 6. The Potential of Supervised Machine Learning for the Study of Science | Krist Vaesen
- 7. Help with Data Management for the Novice and Experienced Alike | Steve Elliott, Kate MacCord, and Jane Maienschein
- Part III. Case Studies
- 8. How Not to Fight about Theory: The Debate between Biometry and Mendelism in Nature, 1890-1915 | Charles H. Pence
- 9. Topic Modeling in HPS: Investigating Engaged Philosophy of Science throughout the Twentieth Century | Christophe Malaterre, Jean-François Chartier, and Davide Pulizzotto
- 10. Bolzano, Kant, and the Traditional Theory of Concepts: A Computational Investigation | Annapaola Ginammi, Rob Koopman, Shenghui Wang, Jelke Bloem, and Arianna Betti
- 11. The Evolution of Evolutionary Medicine | Deryc T. Painter, Julia Damerow, and Manfred D. Laubichler
- Notes
- References
- Contributors
- Index
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