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Publikováno v:
Complexity, Vol 2018 (2018)
The Snowdrift Game, also known as the Hawk-Dove Game, is a social dilemma in which an individual can participate (cooperate) or not (defect) in producing a public good. It is relevant to a number of collective action problems in biology. In a populat
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Publikováno v:
Synthese. 201
Autor:
Brian McLoone
Publikováno v:
Philosophy Compass. 17
Autor:
Brian McLoone
Publikováno v:
Synthese. 198:12153-12174
A mathematical model in science can be formulated as a counterfactual conditional, with the model’s assumptions in the antecedent and its predictions in the consequent. Interestingly, some of these models appear to have assumptions that are metaphy
Autor:
Brian McLoone
Publikováno v:
Philosophy of Science. 86:662-671
Fictionalists believe that scientific models are about model systems that are imaginary. Michael Weisberg has claimed that fictionalism is indefensible because many scientific models are about model systems that are unimaginable. According to a certa
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Ayalew Mentewab, Dave Sescleifer, Richard M. Kliman, Claire Nusbaum, Jerdon W Dresel, Ivan Pereda-Zorrilla, Yazeed Sabri, Andrew Zietlow, Erik D Nolan, Martha Loewe, Anthony Pietsch, Samantha Pietenpol, Vaibhav Vyas, Noah P. Waters, Inês Dutra, Rodrigo Smith, Seth A. Keel, Erika Freiberg, Alyssa Hotz, Ben Liblit, Bret Hanlon, Arezoo Movaghar, Morgaine Gilchrist-Scott, Michael C. Ferris, Sonya Loberger, Jocelyn R Meyer, Nathan Fregien, Katherine S. Scheuer, Brian McLoone, Christine G. Javid, Sarah L. Atzen, Jacob Goldfinger, Cecilia L. Moog, Laurence Loewe, John Yin
Publikováno v:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
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Names in programming are vital for understanding the meaning of code and big data. We define code2brain (C2B) interfaces as maps in compilers and brains between meaning and naming syntax, which help to understand executable code. While working toward
Autor:
Brian McLoone
Publikováno v:
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 83:101288
Some biologists and philosophers of biology claim selection can “create” novel traits. Others claim creativity is to be found only in development. I here endorse the former claim, but take seriously and address the concerns that underlie the latt
Autor:
Brian McLoone
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 33
Causalism is the thesis that natural selection can cause evolution. A standard argument for causalism involves showing that a hypothetical intervention on some population-level property that is identified with natural selection (e.g., variation in fi
Publikováno v:
Complexity, Vol 2018 (2018)
The Snowdrift Game, also known as the Hawk-Dove Game, is a social dilemma in which an individual can participate (cooperate) or not (defect) in producing a public good. It is relevant to a number of collective action problems in biology. In a populat
Autor:
Brian McLoone
Publikováno v:
Biological Theory. 10:116-124
The contextual approach is a prominent framework for thinking about group selection. Here, I highlight ambiguity about what the contextual approach is. Then, I discuss problematic entailments the contextual approach has for what processes count as gr