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    Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values
    with A. Himes, B. Muraca, C. B. Anderson, S. Athayde, T. Beery, D. González-Jiménez, R. K. Gould, A. P. Hejnowicz, J. Kenter, D. Lenzi, R. Murali, U. Pascual, C. Raymond, A. Ring, K. Russo, A. Samakov, S. Stålhammar, H. Thorén, and E. Zent
    In this article, we present results from a literature review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values of nature conducted for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, as part of the Methodological Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuations of Nature. We identify the most frequently recurring meanings in the heterogeneous use of different value types and their association with worldviews and other key concepts. From frequent uses, we dete…Read more
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    Contextualist model evaluation: models in financial economics and index funds
    with Conrad Heilmann and Marta Szymanowska
    European Journal for Philosophy of Science 13 (1): 1-23. 2023.
    Philosophers of science typically focus on the epistemic performance of scientific models when evaluating them. Analysing the effects that models may have on the world has typically been the purview of sociologists of science. We argue that the reactive (or “performative”) effects of models should also figure in model evaluations by philosophers of science. We provide a detailed analysis of how models in financial economics created the impetus for the growing importance of the phenomenon of “pas…Read more
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    Describing model relations: The case of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) family in financial economics
    with Conrad Heilmann and Marta Szymanowska
    Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 97 (C): 91-100. 2023.
    The description of how individual models in families of models are related to each other is crucial for the general philosophical understanding of model-based scientific practice. We focus on the Capital Asset Pricing Models (CAPM) family, a cornerstone in financial economics, to provide a descriptive analysis of model relations within a family. We introduce the concepts of theoretical and empirical complementarity to characterise model relations. Our complementarity analysis of model relations …Read more