How Do Feynman Diagrams Work? James Robert Brown University of Toronto Introduction 1. Feynman diagrams (hereafter FDs) are now iconic. Like pictures of the Bohr atom, everyone knows they have something important to do with…
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Companion Animals
Companion Animals as Technologies in Biomedical Research Ashley Shew Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Keith Johnson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University In this paper we examine the use of companion animals (pets) en…
Methodological Strategies
Methodological Strategies in Microbiome Research and their Explanatory Implications Maureen A. O’Malley University of Bordeaux University of Sydney Derek J. Skillings University of Bordeaux Early microbiome research found numerous associations between microbial community patterns and…
Newton en IslandWorld:
Newton en IslandWorld: Ontic-Driven Explanations of Scientific Method Adrian Currie CSER, University of Cambridge Kirsten Walsh Philosophy, University of Nottingham Philosophers and scientists often cite ontic factors when explaining the methods and success of scientific…
“An Unusual and Fast
“An Unusual and Fast Disappearing Opportunity”: Infectious Disease, Indigenous Populations, and New Biomedical Knowledge in Amazonia, 1960–1970 Rosanna Dent McGill University Ricardo Ventura Santos Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and Museu Nacional/UFRJ In the twentieth century, biomedical…
Facing the Credibility
Facing the Credibility Crisis of Science: On the Ambivalent Role of Pluralism in Establishing Relevance and Reliability Martin Carrier Bielefeld University Science at the interface with society is regarded with mistrust among parts of the…
Demarcating Nature,
Demarcating Nature, Defining Ecology: Creating a Rationale for the Study of Nature’s “Primitive Conditions” S. Andrew Inkpen University of Pittsburgh The proper place of humans in ecological study has been a recurring issue. I reconstruct…
“¿Por qué estas leyes?”—
“¿Por qué estas leyes?”— Multiverse Discourse as a Scene of Response Jacob Pearce University of Melbourne This paper traces the emergence of “why” questions in modern cosmology and the responding proliferation of multiverse discourse in the…
The Sensation and the
The Sensation and the Stimulus: Psychophysics and the Prehistory of the Marburg School Marco Giovanelli University of Tübingen This paper analyzes the role played by Fechner’s psychophysics—the new science meant to measure sensation as a…
Representing Experimental
Representing Experimental Procedures through Diagrams at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider: The Communicatory Value of Diagrammatic Representations in Collaborative Research Koray Karaca University of Twente l D o w n o a d e d f…