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When one model is not enough:Combining epistemic tools in systems biology
modeling reverse engineering network motifs Rheinberger engineering analogies historical epistemology
2016/6/13
In recent years, the philosophical focus of the modeling literature has shifted from descriptions of general properties of models to an interest in different model functions. It has been argued that t...
Why Mathematical Solutions of Zeno’s Paradoxes Miss The Point: Zeno’s One and Many Relation and Parmenides’ Prohibition
parmenides, zeno, mathematics, infinitesimals, infinity, eleatics, zeno's arrow, stadium, achilles, indeterminate forms
2011/9/8
MATHEMATICAL RESOLUTIONS OF ZENO’s PARADOXES of motion have been offered on a regular basis since the paradoxes were first formulated. In this paper I will argue that such mathematical “solutions” mis...
The Lion, the 'Which?' and the Wardrobe -- Reading Lewis as a Closet One-boxer
Newcomb chance causation decision theory
2009/9/17
Newcomb problems turn on a tension between two principles of choice: roughly, a principle sensitive to the causal features of the relevant situation, and a principle sensitive only to evidential facto...
In Pursuit of Resistance: Pragmatic Recommendations for Doing Science within One’s Means
Peirce inquiry pragmatism economy of research Misak
2009/9/17
Charles Peirce’s model of inquiry is supposed to demarcate appropriate methods of inquiry from specious ones. Cheryl Misak points out that Peirce’s explicit account fails, but can nevertheless be resc...
In Pursuit of Resistance: Pragmatic Recommendations for Doing Science within One’s Means
Peirce, inquiry, pragmatism, economy of research, Misak
2011/9/8
Charles Peirce’s model of inquiry is supposed to demarcate appropriate methods of inquiry from specious ones. Cheryl Misak points out that Peirce’s explicit account fails, but can nevertheless be resc...
In Pursuit of Resistance: Pragmatic Recommendations for Doing Science within One’s Means
Peirce inquiry pragmatism economy of research Misak
2011/9/7
Charles Peirce’s model of inquiry is supposed to demarcate appropriate methods of inquiry from specious ones. Cheryl Misak points out that Peirce’s explicit account fails, but can nevertheless be resc...
Physical Models and Fundamental Laws: Using One Piece of the World to Tell About Another (Pavia MBR'01 version)
Models similarity laws analogical reasoning
2008/4/22
In this paper I discuss the relationship between model, theories, and laws in the practice of experimental scale modeling. The methodology of experimental scale modeling, also known as physical simila...
The Anderson-Friedman Absolute Objects Program: Several Successes, One Difficulty
general covariance absolute object spinor density
2008/4/21
The Anderson-Friedman absolute objects project is reviewed. The Jones-Geroch dust 4-velocity counterexample is resolved by eliminating irrelevant structure. Torretti's example involving constant curva...
The Roles of One Thought Experiment in Interpreting Quantum Mechanics. Werner Heisenberg meets Thomas Kuhn.
Heisenberg gamma ray microscope quantum mechanics
2008/4/21
Recent years saw the rise of an interest in the roles and significance of thought experiments in different areas of human thinking. Heisenberg's gamma ray microscope is no doubt one of the most famous...
'Two as Good as One Hundred'--Poorly Replicated Evidence is Some 19th Century Neuroscientific Research
Poorly Replicated Evidence
2008/4/21
According to a received doctrine, espoused, by Karl Popper and Harry Collins, and taken for granted by many others, poorly replicated evidence should be epistemically defective and incapable of persua...
Why Mathematical Solutions of Zeno’s Paradoxes Miss The Point: Zeno’s One and Many Relation and Parmenides’Prohibition
parmenides zeno mathematics infinitesimals infinity eleatics
2008/3/31
MATHEMATICAL RESOLUTIONS OF ZENO’s PARADOXES of motion have been offered on a regular basis since the paradoxes were first formulated. In this paper I will argue that such mathematical “solutions” mis...