[spsp-members] 4 Feb (Wed): Philosophy of Science, International Postdoc Forum
Alan Love via spsp-members
*Formal template accumulation, unification, and scientific progress*
Edoardo Peruzzi, Leibniz University Hannover
*Abstract*: Contemporary science is increasingly organized around templates
(Humphreys 2002, Knuuttila and Loettgers 2014). Especially in model-based
disciplines, formal templates (equations, algorithms, network topologies,
games, etc.) are repeatedly used for model construction. Yet an open
question concerns the processes through which new formal templates are
developed and subsequently integrated into the existing repertoire. Drawing
on a case study from game theory, I propose an account of what I call
“formal template accumulation” and identify the conditions under which this
process can yield unification and progress in model-based sciences.
*Commentator*: Jasmin Özel, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science,
University of Minnesota
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Alan C. Love
Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts
<https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/news/alan-love-places-evo-devo-front-and-center>
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
<https://scholarswalk.umn.edu/faculty-awards/mcknight-awards/distinguished>
Department of Philosophy & Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Minnesota
http://umn.edu/~aclove
*New Publications: *The freedom to believe in free will: evidence from an
adoption study against the first law of behavioral genetics (open access
<https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2025.2533519>); The epistemic strength of
proxies in scientific practice (open access
<https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-025-00669-x>); Measuring cell movement:
concepts and quantification (journal publication
<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.06.001>); Mechanisms and principles:
Two approaches to scientific generalization (journal publication
<https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-025-00650-8>)
"Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of
curiosity, and the less they are deflected by considerations of immediacy
of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human
welfare but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest"
(Abraham Flexner, *The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge,* 1939).
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