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Holmes, Richard. The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (review)Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 23 (1-2): 201-202. 2011.
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34Abduction in the Everyday Practice of Science: The Logic of Unintended ExperimentsTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 55 (3): 215-227. 2019.Generating new ideas—innovation and novelty—is central to what those of us practicing science hope to accomplish. We call it research, but what we really aim for is new-search—learning new things about the world and how it works. Charles Peirce gave the name “abduction” to what he described as the only logical operation that introduces any new idea. In this paper, I will focus on an unconventional understanding of abduction, one that goes beyond its usual meaning and concerns the situation when …Read more
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24Subject Vulnerability: The Precautionary Principle of Human ResearchAmerican Journal of Bioethics 4 (3): 72-74. 2004.I argue that the increase in identification of human subjects as potentially vulnerable provides evidence for a transition in human research practice analogous to changes that have occurred in implementation of environmental policy. More specifically, the increasing identification of subjects as vulnerable corresponds to de facto acceptance of what has been called “the precautionary principle” in environmental policy.
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41Ambiguity, trust, and the responsible conduct of researchScience and Engineering Ethics 5 (2): 205-214. 1999.Ambiguity associated with everyday practice of science has made it difficult to reach a consensus on how to define misconduct in science. This essay outlines some of the important ambiguities of practice such as distinguishing data from noise, deciding whether results falsify a hypothesis, and converting research into research publications. The problem of ambiguity is further compounded by the prior intellectual commitments inherent in choosing problems and in dealing with the skepticism of one'…Read more
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52The problem of intersubjectivity: A comparison of Martin Buber and Alfred SchutzHuman Studies 6 (1). 1983.Alfred Schutz in his phenomenological studies on the social world, has systematically analyzed the nature of social relationships between individuals, and has arrived at an originating point involving intersubjectivity. This point is described by what he calls the Pure We-relationship. Comparison of Schutz's analysis of the Pure We relationship with Buber's description of his personal experience of intersubjectivity, i.e., the l-Thou relationship, reveals a remarkable convergence. For instance, …Read more
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246COSEPUP on responsible scienceBiology and Philosophy 10 (2): 229-233. 1995.A Review of Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, panel report, Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process Volume I, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1992.
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21The scientific attitudeWestview Press. 1987.The Scientific Attitude presents a systematic account of the cognitive and social features of science. The work is unique in its attempt to understand science in terms of day-to-day practice. The book goes beyond the traditional description of science, which focuses on method and logic, to characterize the scientific attitude as a way of looking at the world.
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30Human embryo research: From moral uncertainty to deathAmerican Journal of Bioethics 4 (1). 2004.Conventional approaches to pluralistic thinking in bioethics usually attempt in one fashion or another to isolate and choose between the different perspectives. I would argue, however, that the essentialist and existentialist perspectives on the embryo each are internally self-consistent and ethically correct within their own framework and at the same time mutually exclusive. Therefore, we will nd no ethical high ground on which to base a choice. Rather, human embryo research will continue to b…Read more
Frederick Grinnell
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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UT Southwestern Medical CenterProfessor
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Normative Ethics |
Phenomenology |
General Philosophy of Science |
Scientific Method |
Explanation |
Scientific Practice |
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