Experimental philosophy of science gathers empirical data on how key scientific concepts are understood by particular scientific communities. In this paper we briefly describe two recent studies in experimental philosophy of biology, one investigating the concept of the gene, the other the concept of innateness. The use of experimental methods reveals facts about these concepts that would not b...

Contextualizing Science: From Science Studies to Cultural Studies Author(s): Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis Source: PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Vol. 1994, Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers (1994), pp. 402-412 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Philosophy of Science Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/s...

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principality of existence, which is one of the most fundamental issues in primary philosophy, is one of the main branches of ṣadr al-muti’allihīn's philosophy and nearly all discourses of transcendental philosophy are considered to be based on it, to the extent that the transcendence of mullā ṣadrā’s philosophy is considered due to the transcendence of existence and the “existence” as his first...

Stephen Turner proposes to provide a philosophical analysis of a family of concepts falling under the general heading of " social practice " : the notion of a tacit set of rules, norms, or presuppositions that inform behavior in a given cultural milieu and that are socially authoritative and causally influential. Examples include: skills of the carpenter, passed on from master to apprentice; kn...

SpringerBriefs in Philosophy of Science will consist of original works in the philosophy of science that present new research results or techniques that are of broad instructional significance at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels. Topics covered will include (but not be limited to): Formal epistemology Cognitive foundations of science Metaphysics of models, laws, and theories Philo...

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