Can evolutionary principles help us explain behavioural differences between...
Historians and philosophers of science engaged in evolutionary thinking, along with several evolutionary biologists, are sometimes suspicious of two purportedly scientific disciplines: evolutionary...
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Can History and Philosophy of Science be Applied in Socially Relevant Ways?
In the wake of economic crises and new austerity measures, social institutions are often rethought. For the humanities, this can be quite threatening, as social support for characteristically...
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Reaching for the stars and staying down to earth
Astronomers recently discovered an Earth-like planet, orbiting a Sun-like star, at an Earth-like distance, only 20 light years away. 1 The lead scientist in this project, Steven Vogt, has gone so far...
View ArticleHow go the Science Wars?
This week’s debatable relates not only to the history of science, but also to the history of the history of science, the history of philosophy of science, and the history of the sociology of science....
View ArticleIs there such a thing as “cutting-edge” history and philosophy of science?
It is sometimes remarked that, in contrast to the sciences, there is no such thing as “cutting-edge” or “state-of-the-art” research in the humanities, e.g. in the history and philosophy of science....
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But that’s not how it is! Practical problems with applying idealized...
I’m currently in the midst of studying for a candidacy exam on a very specific topic: idealized scientific representations. A scientific representation or model is considered idealized, according to...
View ArticleWhat are today’s most important science policy issues and challenges?
While I love my history and philosophy of science, and find them important for understanding the nature of modern science, I also do my best to engage with one of the only areas of public and political...
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What can HPSers do for society? What is socially relevant HPS?
History and Philosophy of Science, even by academic standards, is a somewhat obscure discipline of the humanities. The march of science and technology often seems to proceed regardless of any...
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