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.

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Scientific debates

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 Phil Papers: Science, Logic and Mathematics

Conceptual analysis

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 Fifty years of J.R. Platt's strong inference Fudge, D.S. 2014. Fifty years of J.R. Platt's strong inference. Journal of Experimental Biology 217:1202–1204.

Conceptual analysis

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 Cambridge Elements: Philosophy of Science

Conceptual analysis

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 Cambridge Elements: Philosophy of Biology

Historical case studies

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 Discovering autoinhibition as a design principle for the control of biological mechanisms Bollhagen, A. and W. Bechtel. 2022. Discovering autoinhibition as a design principle for the control of biological mechanisms. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 95:145–157.

Historical case studies

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 Meselson, Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: A History of "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology Holmes, F.L. 2001. Meselson, Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: A History of "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology." New Haven: Yale University Press.

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