Philosophical Excursus

Excursus 070 – On the Distinction Between Epistemological and Ontological Claims

epistemology, knowledge, observer, ontology, philosophy of science, realism, reality, scientific realism, social construction, sociology
Excursus 069 – On Observer Effects and Scale

astronomy, epistemology, financial markets, measurement, observer effects, quantum mechanics, reflexivity, scale, scientific method
Excursus 068 – On the Original Meaning of “Dialectic”

conceptual evolution, dialectic, etymology, Georges Gurvitch, Greek philosophy, Hegel, hermeneutics, Karl Marx, Plato, terminology
Excursus 067 – On Conflict and Reciprocity as Forms of Movement

complementarity, conflict, contradiction, dialectic, Georges Gurvitch, interdependence, movement, ontology, opposition, reciprocity
Excursus 066 – On the Four Epistemic Modes of Modern Science

computational simulation, epistemology, experiment, Francis Bacon, in silico experiments, inference, mathematical modelling, observation, philosophy of science, scientific method
Excursus 065 – On the Ripley Principle: The Evolution of Ideas

conceptual change, conceptual evolution, cumulative knowledge, history of ideas, intellectual inheritance, methodology, paradigms, philosophical theories, Ripley Principle, scientific theories
Excursus 064 – On Viewing the Same Problem from Different Perspectives

conceptual analysis, epistemology, hermeneutics, induction, measurement, perspective, philosophical interpretation, philosophy of science, scientific methodology, theory-ladenness
Excursus 063 – On Knowledge and Power

Francis Bacon, governance, institutions, knowledge, Michel Foucault, political philosophy, power, science, technology
Excursus 062 – On Science, Technology, and the Uses of Knowledge

applied science, engineering, Francis Bacon, Industrial Revolution, innovation, knowledge, methodology, philosophy of science, science, technology
Excursus 061 – On Theory-Ladenness and Scientific Objectivity

epistemology, experimentation, measurement, Norwood Hanson, observation, philosophy of science, scientific objectivity, scientific realism, theory-ladenness, Thomas Kuhn
Excursus 060 – On the Problem of Induction after Hume

Bayesian inference, David Hume, epistemology, hypothetico-deductive model, Immanuel Kant, induction, John Stuart Mill, logical empiricism, philosophy of science, scientific method
Excursus 059 – On Change in the Space of Possibilities

conceptual evolution, dynamic stability, evolution, Georges Gurvitch, Hegel, latent change, neutral mutations, philosophy of history, systems biology, teleology
Excursus 058 – On the Ecology of Inference

Bayesian inference, cognitive development, deduction, epistemology, evolution, induction, inference, inference to the best explanation, philosophy of science, scientific method
Excursus 057 – On Positivism

academic disciplines, Auguste Comte, conceptual evolution, epistemology, Karl Popper, methodology, philosophy of science, positivism, scientific method, Vienna Circle
Excursus 056 – On the Three Dimensions of an Academic Discipline

academic disciplines, epistemology, history of science, interdisciplinarity, metaphilosophy, methodology, philosophy of science, scholarly inquiry, scientific method, university
Excursus 055 – On Mental Faculties and the Division of Academic Disciplines

academic disciplines, epistemology, formal sciences, Francis Bacon, humanities, mental faculties, natural sciences, pedagogy, scientific method, social sciences
Excursus 054 – On the Hermeneutics of “Dialectic”

Adorno, conceptual evolution, dialectic, Hegel, hermeneutics, history of philosophy, Marx, Sartre, terminology, Žižek
Excursus 053 – On the Identity of Scientific and Philosophical Theories

conceptual change, conceptual evolution, explanatory architecture, methodology, Neo-Darwinism, Neo-Kantianism, philosophy of science, Post-Marxism, theoretical identity, theory
Excursus 052 – On the Retrospective Expansion of Historical Concepts

anachronism, classification, conceptual change, conceptual evolution, hermeneutics, historical concepts, historical interpretation, history of ideas, methodology, terminology
Excursus 051 – On Capital and Capitalism

capital, capitalism, economic history, Industrial Revolution, industrialization, markets, political economy, private property, Proudhon, Saint-Simonians