Exploratory experimentation and taxonomy of experimentation

Stojanovic, Milutin

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“…The hypothesis testing dimension (2), embodying differences in the role and development of the background theory, oscillates from experimenting with the aim of testing a hypothesis or theory on one hand, to measuring a parameter or simply describing some important aspect of nature on the other (e.g. exploratory experimentation (Stojanovic, 2013)). These two dimensions create a six-fold classification of experiments, 4 with many intermediate forms in between.…”

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Philosophy of sustainability experimentation _ experimental legacy, normativity and transfer of evidence

Stojanovic

2021

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

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The recent proliferation of types and accounts of experimentation in sustainability science still lacks philosophical reflection. The present paper introduces this burgeoning topic to the philosophy of science by identifying key notions and dynamics in sustainability experimentation, by discussing taxonomies of sustainability experimentation and by focusing on barriers to the transfer of evidence. It integrates three topics: the philosophy of experimentation; the sustainability science literature on experimentation; and discussions on values in science coming from the general philosophy of science, the social sciences, and sustainability science. The aim is to improve understanding of how sustainability experimentation has evolved, from a broader picture of the history and philosophy of science, with a specific focus on understanding evidence production and how evidence traveling in and from sustainability experiments can be improved, particularly in the context of complex and pervasive normative commitments of the research. By engaging in these topics, this research is one of the first philosophical accounts of sustainability experimentation, contributing both to the knowledge on specific philosophies of science and to the further development of an evidence-based sustainability science through a better understanding of the barriers to more relevant and usable knowledge.

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Philosophy of sustainability experimentation _ experimental legacy, normativity and transfer of evidence

Stojanovic

2021

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

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“…The notion of exploratory experimentation emerged from in-depth analyses of historical-epistemological constellations and has proven productive both as a heuristic tool for historical investigations and as a category for philosophical reflection on scientific methodology (Karaca 2017, Sørensen 2010, vol. 2, Steinle 2016, Stojanović 2013, Waters 2007. Exploratory practices in the theoretical sphere instead, as noted in the Introduction to this Special Issue, have attracted much less attention.…”

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Constructing Strangeness: Exploratory Modeling and Concept Formation

Borrelli

2021

Perspectives on Science

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The notion of exploratory modeling constitutes a powerful heuristic tool for historical-epistemological analysis and especially for studying concept formation. I will show this by means of a case study from the history of particle physics: the formation of the concept of “strangeness” in the early 1950s at the interface of theory and experiment. Strangeness emerged from a broad space of possibilities opened up by exploratory modeling by authors working in communication and competition, and constructing both new questions and new answers. A systematic focus on exploratory modeling also helps compensate a bias towards the “right” developments still often present in historical investigations of theoretical work.

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Exploratory experimentation and taxonomy of experimentation

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Philosophy of sustainability experimentation _ experimental legacy, normativity and transfer of evidence

Philosophy of sustainability experimentation _ experimental legacy, normativity and transfer of evidence

Constructing Strangeness: Exploratory Modeling and Concept Formation

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