This project is an ongoing conversation for encouraging more conscious reflection among mentors on existing biological practices and spurring the undertaking of new ones that ultimately contribute to the conceptual rigor and theoretical significance of life science inquiry.
| Categories | Title | Resource |
|---|---|---|
Conceptual analysis |
Measurement and meaning in biology | Houle, D., C. Pélabon, G.P. Wagner and T.F. Hansen. 2011. Measurement and meaning in biology. The Quarterly Review of Biology 86(1):3–34. |
Conceptual analysis |
Philosophy of Science for Biologists | Kampourakis, K., and T. Uller. eds. 2020. Philosophy of Science for Biologists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kampourakis, K., and T. Uller. eds. 2020. Philosophy of Science for... read more |
Historical case studies |
A brief history of prions | Zabel, M.D. and C. Reid. 2015. A brief history of prions. Pathogens and Disease 73(9):ftv087. |
Historical case studies |
The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics, With a New Afterword | Provine, W.B. 2001. The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics, With a New Afterword. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
Historical case studies |
Modeling Nature: Episodes in the History of Population Ecology | Kingsland, S. 1995. Modeling Nature: Episodes in the History of Population Ecology. 2nd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
Definitional frustrations |
Rethinking living fossils | Lidgard, S. and A.C. Love. 2018. Rethinking living fossils. BioScience 68:760–770. |
Definitional frustrations |
The racist origins, racialist connotations, and purity assumptions of the concept of “admixture” in human evolutionary genetics | Kampourakis, K. and E.L Peterson. 2023. The racist origins, racialist connotations, and purity assumptions of the concept of “admixture” in human evolutionary genetics. Genetics 223 (3):iyad002... |
Scientific debates |
Conceptual Change in Biology: Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development | Love, A.C., ed. 2015. Conceptual Change in Biology: Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development. Berlin: Springer. |
Scientific debates |
The extended evolutionary synthesis: its structure, assumptions and predictions | Laland, K.N., T. Uller, M.W. Feldman, K. Sterelny, G.B. Müller, A. Moczek, E. Jablonka and J. Odling-Smee. 2015. The extended evolutionary synthesis: its structure, assumptions and predictions... read more |