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44Interdisciplinary problem- solving: emerging modes in integrative systems biologyEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science 6 (3): 401-418. 2016.Integrative systems biology is an emerging field that attempts to integrate computation, applied mathematics, engineering concepts and methods, and biological experimentation in order to model large-scale complex biochemical networks. The field is thus an important contemporary instance of an interdisciplinary approach to solving complex problems. Interdisciplinary science is a recent topic in the philosophy of science. Determining what is philosophically important and distinct about interdiscip…Read more
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12Particles and Waves: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science. Peter AchinsteinIsis 83 (3): 527-528. 1992.
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26Abstraction via generic modeling in concept formation in scienceMind and Society 3 (1): 129-154. 2002.Cases where analogy has played a significant role in the formation of a new scientific concept are well-documented. Yet, how is it that genuinely new representations can be constructed from existing representations? It is argued that the process of ‘generic modeling’ enables abstraction of features common to both the domain of the source of the analogy and of the target phenomena. The analysis focuses on James Clerk Maxwell's construction of the electromagnetic field concept. The mathematical re…Read more
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69Diversity as AssetTopics in Cognitive Science 7 (4): 677-688. 2015.We begin our commentary by summarizing the commonalities and differences in cognitive phenomena across cultures, as found by the seven papers of this topic. We then assess the commonalities and differences in how our various authors have approached the study of cognitive diversity, and speculate on the need for, and potential of, cross-disciplinary collaboration
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53Building Cognition: The Construction of Computational Representations for Scientific DiscoveryCognitive Science 39 (8): 1727-1763. 2015.Novel computational representations, such as simulation models of complex systems and video games for scientific discovery, are dramatically changing the way discoveries emerge in science and engineering. The cognitive roles played by such computational representations in discovery are not well understood. We present a theoretical analysis of the cognitive roles such representations play, based on an ethnographic study of the building of computational models in a systems biology laboratory. Spec…Read more
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57Modeling systems-level dynamics: Understanding without mechanistic explanation in integrative systems biologyStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 49 1-11. 2015.
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50Concept formation and commensurabilityIn Paul Hoyningen-Huene & Howard Sankey (eds.), Incommensurability and Related Matters, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 275--301. 2001.
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33Beyond Motivation and Metaphor:'Scientific Passions' and AnthropomorphismIn Vassilios Karakostas & Dennis Dieks (eds.), EPSA11 Perspectives and Foundational Problems in Philosophy of Science, Springer. pp. 455--466. 2013.
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33The creative industry of integrative systems biologyMind and Society 12 (1): 35-48. 2013.Integrative systems biology is among the most innovative fields of contemporary science, bringing together scientists from a range of diverse backgrounds and disciplines to tackle biological complexity through computational and mathematical modeling. The result is a plethora of problem-solving techniques, theoretical perspectives, lab-structures and organizations, and identity labels that have made it difficult for commentators to pin down precisely what systems biology is, philosophically or so…Read more
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3The topics: Knowledge and cognitive scienceInternational Journal on Humanistic Ideology 3 (1). 2010.
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60Model-Based Reasoning: Science, Technology, Values (edited book)Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. 2002.There are several key ingredients common to the various forms of model-based reasoning considered in this book. The term ‘model’ comprises both internal and external representations. The models are intended as interpretations of target physical systems, processes, phenomena, or situations and are retrieved or constructed on the basis of potentially satisfying salient constraints of the target domain. The book’s contributors are researchers active in the area of creative reasoning in science and …Read more
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10Mental Modeling in Conceptual ChangeInternational Journal on Humanistic Ideology 3 (1): 11-48. 2010.
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101Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery (edited book)Kluwer/Plenum. 1999.The book Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery, aims to explain how specific modeling practices employed by scientists are productive methods of ...
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