Philosophy of Science for Biologists
Herausgeber: Kampourakis, Kostas; Uller, Tobias
1. Why should biologists care about philosophy of science? Tobias Uller and
Kostas Kampourakis; 2. What constitutes an explanation in biology? Angela
Potochnik; 3. What is biological knowledge? Kevin McCain; 4. What is the
nature of theories and models in biology? Emily Parke and Anya Plutynski;
5. How are biology concepts used and transformed? Ingo Brigandt; 6. Why
does it matter that many biology concepts are metaphors? Kostas
Kampourakis; 7. How do concepts contribute to scientific advancement?
Evolutionary biology as a case study David Depew; 8. How can conceptual
analysis contribute to scientific practice? The case of cultural evolution
Tim Lewens; 9. What methods do life scientists use? A brief history with
philosophical implications Erik L. Peterson; 10. Is it possible to
scientifically reconstruct the history of life on earth? The biological
sciences and deep time Carol Cleland; 11. What is the basis of biological
classification? The search for natural systems Thomas Reydon; 12. What is
the nature of scientific controversies in the biological sciences? Michael
R. Dietrich; 13. What is the relation between facts and values in
biological science? Biology in society Carrie Friese and Barbara Prainsack;
14. A philosopher in the age of creationism: What have I learned after
fifty years doing philosophy of biology that I want to pass on to
biologists Michael Ruse; 15. How can we teach philosophy of science to
biologists? Kostas Kampourakis and Tobias Uller.
