Although the geographical context of ecological observations shapes ecological theory, the
global distribution of ecological studies has never been analyzed. Here, we document the …

The growth of electronic publication and informatics archives makes it possible to harvest
vast quantities of knowledge about knowledge, or “metaknowledge.” We review the …

Confirmation bias, as the term is typically used in the psychological literature, connotes the
seeking or interpreting of evidence in ways that are partial to existing beliefs, expectations …

Setting a new agenda for the philosophy of science and for other" science studies"
disciplines, in this book the well-known philosopher Philip Kitcher offers an innovative and …

Knowledge in a Social World offers a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman
explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the …

THIS BOOK owes its existence to many intellectual interactions and opportunities. It began
life as a much more ambitious project, a rearticulation of the thesis of the sociality of …

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 …

Exploring the role of values in scientific inquiry, Hugh Lacey examines the nature and
meaning of values, and looks at challenges to the view, posed by postmodernists, feminists …

For the last forty years, two claims have been at the core of disputes about scientific change:
that scientists reason rationally and that science is progressive. For most of this time …

The foundations of research ethics are riven with fault lines emanating from a fear that if
research is too closely connected to weighty social purposes an imperative to advance the …