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Metrics in biodiversity conservation and the value-free ideal
This paper examines one aspect of the legacy of the Value-Free Ideal in conservation science: the view that measurements and metrics are value-free...
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Science as a Profession: And Its Responsibility
Scientific responsibility has changed with the successful professionalization of science. Today, science is a privileged profession, one with a...
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The Hows and whys of philosophy of science teaching: a comparative analysis
What makes teaching philosophy of science to non-philosophy students different from teaching it to philosophy students, and how should lecturers in...
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Materializing values
In contrast to the history of science and to science and technology studies, the value discourse in the philosophy of science has not provided a...
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Bipartite Metatheory in Application
The previous chapter demonstrated the compatibility of Neurath and Carnap’s projects, but only in the negative sense of eliminating lingering worries...
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Objectivity in contexts: withholding epistemic judgement as a strategy for mitigating collective bias
In this paper I discuss and develop the risk account of scientific objectivity, which I have recently introduced, contrasting it to some...
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Values and inductive risk in machine learning modelling: the case of binary classification models
I examine the construction and evaluation of machine learning (ML) binary classification models. These models are increasingly used for societal...
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Extrahuman Transcendence in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
This chapter explores the theme of transcendence in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. It argues that Dorian’s ability to transcend the bounds...
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Neurath’s Epistemology of Science
In the previous chapter I argued that Neurath is correctly categorised as an epistemological naturalist, but noted that his naturalism does not...
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Prediction and Topological Models in Neuroscience
In the last two decades, philosophy of neuroscience has predominantly focused on explanation. Indeed, it has been argued that mechanistic models are...
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To Save the Bees or not to Save the Bees: Honey Bee Health in the Anthropocene
As honey bee colonies continue to perish at high rates, beekeepers are divided on how best to keep bees healthy and productive. In this article, I...
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Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare
Animal welfare has a long history of disregard. While in recent decades the study of animal welfare has become a scientific discipline of its own,...
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When Farmers are Pulled in Too Many Directions: Comparing Institutional Drivers of Food Safety and Environmental Sustainability in California Agriculture
Aspirations to farm ‘better’ may fall short in practice due to constraints outside of farmers’ control. Yet farmers face proliferating pressures to...
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Wen sollte man nicht an die Universität einladen?
Welche Beschränkungen sollten sich Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler bei der Entscheidung auferlegen, wen sie als Vortragende zu universitären...
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Science as a counter to the erosion of truth in society
The role of scientific values has taken on new urgency with recent changes in the politics of Western societies. The threat is the erosion of the...
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College Party Hook Ups: Consent, Apps, and Double Standards
There is much within the typical college party environment that makes it difficult to obtain meaningful consent: loud music, copious alcohol,...
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Expertise, moral subversion, and climate deregulation
The weaponizing of scientific expertise to oppose regulation has been extensively studied. However, the relevant studies, belonging to the emerging...
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Marx on Gender, Race, and Social Reproduction: A Feminist Perspective
Feminists have long criticized Marx’s political theory for its exclusionary concentration on industrial production and waged labour as the key...