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SUMMARY:Can present-day philosophers make scientific contributions? From p
 hilosophy in science to conceptual and theoretical thinking in science - T
 homas Pradeu (CNRS)
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:Despite the widespread idea of a growing divorce between philo
 sophy and science during the 20th and 21st centuries\, there have been man
 y calls recently for a reconnection between them. There are in fact many w
 ays through which philosophy can impact science. In this talk\, I focus on
  one peculiar and often overlooked impact of philosophy on science: some p
 hilosophers use philosophical tools to _produce science_ (Laplane et al.\,
  PNAS\, 2019). Such use of philosophical tools to attempt to make scientif
 ic contributions is what I have called 'philosophy in science'. In recent 
 work\, we have shown that philosophy in science is a relatively small but 
 clearly identifiable trend in recent philosophy of science\, characterized
  by its specific methodologies\, authors\, and problems (Pradeu et al.\, B
 JPS\, forthcoming). 'Philosophy in science' is not just scientifically inf
 ormed philosophy of science. It is related to complementary science (Chang
  1999\, 2004) and philosophy of science in practice\, although it is disti
 nct from them. In this talk\, I will offer a detailed examination of what 
 philosophy in science is\, and assess its impact on science. Finally\, I w
 ill show that philosophy in science is better understood as part of a wide
 r phenomenon\, namely conceptual and theoretical thinking in science\, don
 e by philosophers and scientists alike.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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