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Philosophy of science in Latin America
(Stanford University. Department of Philosophy, 2019-08)
When philosophy of science began as a professional field in the late 1940s, contributions from Latin America joined the forefront of the international debate right away. Philosophers of science from the subcontinent have ...
Why the biomedical Sciences need Philosophy: theoretical and practical Reasons illustrated with examples from the BioThera Institute of Philosophy
(Journal of Science Humanities and Arts, 2021-01)
The biomedical sciences need philosophy on at least two levels. Firstly, we can find strong arguments that recognize the need for philosophy on a theoretical level, such as the development of scientific theories that in ...
Philosophy of veterinary parasitology
(Elsevier Science, 2018-11)
“Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.” (Lakatos, 1999: 102). Although this reformulation of Kant’s famous phrase may seem extreme, there is ...
Natural sciences and environmental issues: A contribution from the philosophy of environmental sciences
(Inderscience Enterprises, 2017-07)
The environmental issue has been considered a 'starting point' for certain epistemological transformations that aim at rethinking the way of performing science and interpreting the nature-society relationship. In this ...
Francis Bacon's natural history and civil history: A comparative survey
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012-02)
The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon’s theory and practice of natural history and civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try ...
Prospective primary teachers’ views on the nature of science
(OmniaScience, 2021-08)
This article presents the results of a piece of research that analyzed the views on the nature of science (NOS) among student teachers enrolled in programs of Primary Education at two public universities in Spain. Previous ...
Mohan Poulose Matthen y Christopher Stephens (eds.) Philosophy of Biology (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science). Nueva York: North Holland (Elsevier), 2007 (638 páginas)
(Ediciones UAP, 2010-06)
Reseña de: Mohan Poulose Matthen y Christopher Stephens (eds.) Philosophy of Biology (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science). Nueva York: North Holland (Elsevier), 2007 (638 páginas).
Breve estudio sobre el origen y sentido histórico de la epistemología
(Universidad Iberoamericana, 2014-07)
El presente texto muestra el origen y sentido moderno del nombre “epistemología” y de sus variantes “metodología de las ciencias”, “teoría del conocimiento científico” y “filosofía de las ciencias”. Asimismo, señala la ...
Cosmotechnical thought between substantivism and the empirical turn
(Springer, 2021-03)
In this article I respond to Yuk Hui by revisiting the crossroads in the philosophy of technology as represented by the philosophies of Stiegler and Ihde. Whereas Hui proposes the concept of cosmotechnics as an integrating ...
A Cautionary Contribution to the Philosophy of Explanation in the Cognitive Neurosciences
(Springer, 2016-09)
I propose a cautionary assessment of the recent debate concerning the impact of the dynamical approach on philosophical accounts of scientific explanation in the cognitive sciences and, particularly, the cognitive ...