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Philosophy of Science when teaching tasks are done and when they have found time (finally!) to catch up on research. This collection, however, takes you - dear reader - back to teaching matters. Your first ... and methods of the sciences” (EJPS, Aims & Scope statement). Why would the EJPS publish a collection on teaching philosophy of science? Shouldn't a collection of this kind be published in a journal
tools from the philosophy of science. Bayesians’ reliance on so-called method of rational analysis is a key point of our discussion. We tentatively conclude on a constructive note, though: an ... Department of Philosophy and Educational Science, University of Turin , Via Sant'Ottavio 20, 10124 Turin , Italy 1 Vincenzo Crupi Bayesian approaches to human cognition have been extensively advocated in the
The notion of natural kinds has been widely criticized in philosophy of science but also appears indispensable for philosophical engagement with classificatory practices. Rather than addressing this ... ; Classification; Materiality; Feminist Philosophy of Science 1 Introduction The debate about natural kinds appears to have reached an impasse. For decades, the “tradition of natural kinds” (Hacking, 1991) has
Philosophy of science has traditionally focused on the epistemological dimensions of scientific practice at the expense of the ethical and political questions scientists encounter when addressing
included in philosophy of science courses, even those that do not cover scientific creativity explicitly. More precisely, it is shown how paradigm theory can serve as a framework with which to introduce the ... scientific creativity and paradigm theory that can be utilized in most philosophy of science courses at relative ease. Doing so should promote the understanding of scientific creativity among students, provide
This paper critically assesses the current debates in philosophy of science that focus on the concept of values. In these debates, it is often assumed that all relevant non-epistemic influences on ... legitimacy of science. I employ political theorist Iris Marion Young's concepts of social perspectives, opinions and interests to attempt a differentiation of contextual influences relevant to scientific
Symmetry-based inferences have permeated many discussions in philosophy of physics and metaphysics of science. It is claimed that symmetries in our physical theories would allow us to draw ... Introduction The connection between symmetries and philosophy has been one of long standing. Ancient Greeks thought of symmetries as closely related to beauty, proportion, and unitary wholes (see, for instance
What makes teaching philosophy of science to non-philosophy students different from teaching it to philosophy students, and how should lecturers in philosophy adapt to an audience of practitioners of ... among non-philosophy students, is far less self-evident for students in social science. Because many research projects in the social sciences have a political dimension, a particular question related to
A lot of philosophy taught to science students consists of scientific methodology. But many philosophy of science textbooks have a fraught relationship with methodology, presenting it either a system ... ; Heuristics; Method choice; Justification; Teaching philosophy of science; Philosophy of science for scientists - This article belongs to the Topical Collection: Teaching philosophy of science to students
The recent proliferation of types and accounts of experimentation in sustainability science still lacks philosophical reflection. The present paper introduces this burgeoning topic to the philosophy
Milutin Stojanovic 0 0 Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland In the original version of this article, the given and
Many philosophers of science think scientific practice can benefit from philosophical concepts, and as such philosophy of science should play a direct role in science and engineering education. In ... disciplinary educational programmes through adaptation, operationalization and embedding of philosophy of science material to fit both the scientific and educational structure of a programme. The goal of the
community. The present paper outlines an approach to understanding social machines that draws on recent work in the philosophy of science, especially work in so-called mechanical philosophy. This is what ... the role of Twitter in the Spanish Indignados movement—a digitally-coordinated political protest that emerged in May 2011. One of the benefits of mechanical philosophy is that it helps us understand
New mechanical philosophy posits that explanations in the life sciences involve the decomposition of a system into its entities and their respective activities and organization that are responsible ... . Marchionni, M. Redei, J. Williamson 0 Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna , Universitätsstraße 7, A0314, Vienna 1010 , Austria 1 Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna , Universitätsstraße
basis of philosophical accounts of science. I point out that the topic of pursuitworthiness is not the only topic that can be approached by connecting philosophy of science with the construction of ... study of the future of science. I argue that the themes raised by pursuitworthiness reveal that, in general, the estimating of possible futures of science demands serious attention in the philosophy of
Undergraduate geoscience students are rarely exposed to history and philosophy of science (HPS). I will describe the experiences with a short course unfavourably placed in the first year of a ... understanding of several geoscience disciplines beyond the classic topics emphasised in the HPS literature. 4 A baby step: a case of practical Philosophy of Earth Science education Following the political
Recent work in the philosophy of scientific concepts has seen the simultaneous revival of operationalism and development of patchwork approaches to scientific concepts. We argue that these two ... Philosophy of History , 14 ( 2 ), 205 - 231 . https://doi.org/10. 1163/ 18722636 - 12341438 Brigandt , I. ( 2010 ). The epistemic goal of a concept: accounting for the rationality of semantic change and
0 0 Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science , Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE , UK In the Acknowledgements section of this article
for antivaxxers, and arguments defending their accountability for medical expenses. On the other hand, anti-vaxxers tend to connect vaccination with the greed of Big Pharma, political threats to ... consequences. The normative dimension of philosophy can be either ethical or epistemic, so the consequences to be evaluated will be epistemic as well as ethical. Does moralising smoking have good ethical and
This paper explores how work in the philosophy of science can be used when teaching scientific content to science students and when training future science teachers. I examine the debate on the ... evolution Thomas A. C. Reydon 0 0 Institute of Philosophy & Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS), Leibniz University Hannover, Im Moore 21 , Hannover 30167 , Germany This paper explores
