Browsing Philosophy by Author "Woody, Andrea"
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Consensus and Collaboration in Contemporary Scientific Practice
Pham, Michelle TrangI argue that there is no single, monolithic conception of ‘consensus’ in scientific practice. I distinguish between two categories of aggregative and collaborative consensus. Collaborative consensus, which is produced by ... -
Intertheoretic Relations in Context: Details, Purpose, and Practice
Ricci, Joseph ThomasAn intertheory comparison should be assessed with regards to what goals it seeks to accomplish. Traditionally reductions have sought to establish ontological primacy, and also to have the reducing theory explain features ... -
Science and the Structure of Social Experiment: A Socio-political Study of Climate Data Infrastructure
Lawson, JustinIn recent years a growing literature on science addresses the problem - some may even call it a crisis - of science’s public legitimacy (Douglas 2009, Oreskes and Conway 2010, de Melo-Martin and Intemann 2018). Analysts ... -
Toward a Pragmatic Ontology of Scientific Concepts
Robus, Olin MatthewI argue that current projects in 'naturalized metaphysics' fail to be properly naturalistic, and thereby fail in their stated aim to take one's metaphysics from science. I argue that naturalism must involve the idea of ...