Neo-Darwinism and Evo-Devo: An Argument for Theoretical Pluralism in Evolutionary Biology Lindsay R. Craig Temple University There is an ongoing debate over the relationship between so-called neo-Darwinism and evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) that is motivated…
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Presentando el caso en contra
Making the Case Against Gene Patents Tania Simoncelli1 Sandra S. Park2 On June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, holding that a naturally occurring…
Pluto and the
Pluto and the ‘Planet Problem’: Folk Concepts and Natural Kinds in Astronomy Alisa Bokulich Boston University The Pluto controversy provides fertile new ground to revisit the traditional philosophical problem of natural kinds and scientiªc change….
Simulation and
Simulation and Understanding in the Study of Weather and Climate Wendy S. Parker Durham University wendy.parker@durham.ac.uk In the study of weather and climate, the digital computer has allowed scien- tists to make existing theory more…
Experimentos en el pensamiento
Experiments in Thought Walter Hopp Boston University What are thought experiments, and how do they generate knowledge? More speciªcally, what sorts of intentional acts must one perform in order to carry out a thought experiment,…
Descartes on the
Descartes on the Heartbeat: The Leuven Affair Lucian Petrescu Ghent University This paper presents the reactions to Descartes’ account of the heartbeat expressed by the Leuven professors Fortunatus Plempius and Libertus Fromondus, reactions that also…
Social-Scientiªc
Social-Scientiªc Modeling in Biblical and Related Studies Petri Luomanen University of Helsinki This article provides background information about the use of the social sci- ences and introduces the basic themes and factions in the debate…
Dirac’s Prediction of
Dirac’s Prediction of the Positron: A Case Study for the Current Realism Debate Thomas Pashby University of Pittsburgh Much debate has ensued regarding the challenge to scientiªc realism provided by consideration of certain problematic episodes…
The misunderstanding
The misunderstanding of memes: Biography of an unscientiªc object, 1976–1999 Jeremy Trevelyan Burman York University When the “meme” was introduced in 1976, it was as a metaphor intended to illuminate an evolutionary argument. por el…
The Reinvention of
The Reinvention of Grand Theories of the Scientiªc/Scholarly Process Marion Blute Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Paul Armstrong Department of Sociology, University of Toronto l D o w n o a d e d…