Recently, biologists have argued that data-driven biology fosters a new scientific
methodology, namely, one that is irreducible to traditional methodologies of molecular …

Recent research in philosophy of science has shown that scientists rely on a plurality of
strategies to develop successful explanations of different types of phenomena. In the case of …

The availability of big data has the potential to transform many areas of the life sciences and
usher in new ways of doing research. Here, I argue that big data biology also raises …

We claim that in contemporary studies in molecular biology and biomedicine, the nature of
“manipulation” and “intervention” has changed. Traditionally, molecular biology and …

The scientific method has been guiding biological research for a long time. It not only
prescribes the order and types of activities that give a scientific study validity and a stamp of …

Despite the philosophical clash between deductive-nomological and mechanistic accounts
of explanation, in scientific practice, both approaches are required in order to achieve more …

Multilevel research strategies characterize contemporary molecular inquiry into biological
systems. We outline conceptual, methodological, and explanatory dimensions of these …

An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated
with historical examples from the life sciences. In Discovering Complexity, William Bechtel …

Lawrence Kelley & Michael Scott one of the most interesting recent trends in the biosciences
has been the development of research methods that do not adhere to familiar standards of …

Traditional approaches in philosophy of biology focus attention on biological concepts,
explanations, and theories, on evidential support and inter-theoretical relations. Newer …