Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences

Elwick, James

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“…The notion of styles of reasoning is identified through the history of science in several works (Elwick 2007;Flech 1987); its most recent formulation concerns Ian Hacking's (2009) approach, where he argues that styles of reasoning, which aim to capture inferential patterns for relevant conditions of truth, converge in interdisciplinary projects. Such an account fits very well with the complexity and multilevel analysis of ethnobiological research.…”

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The Current Status of Ethnobiology in Ecuador

Gonzalez-Rivadeneira

Villagómez-Resendiz²,

Barili

2018

EBL

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This article gives an account of the current status of ethnobiology in Ecuador. Our goal is a generalized diagnosis of Latin America’s ethnobiological research production, which portrays Ecuadorian ethnobiology as practically non-existent. We perform an updated search of online databases, using a range of keywords, to show that elements of an ethnobiological research program are indeed present in Ecuadorian scholarship. While ethnobotany is the most developed sub-discipline of ethnobiology in Ecuador, there is also research on ethnomedicine, ethnozoology, and, to a lesser extent, ethnomycology. The development of these sub-disciplines promotes further ethnobiological scholarship in Ecuador. Beyond these sub-disciplines, ethnobiology is interwoven with contemporary anthropological accounts that emphasize the relationships between nature and culture and shine a light on the epistemic plurality of ethnobiology. If ethnobiology in Ecuador is distinguished by an epistemic plurality—understood through these different styles of reasoning—then it can be characterized without being confined to sub-disciplines with the ethno- prefix.

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The Current Status of Ethnobiology in Ecuador

Gonzalez-Rivadeneira

Villagómez-Resendiz²,

Barili

2018

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“…Thus the conceptual similarities I have traced between Whewell's analysis of historical science and the emergence of historicized systematics may reflect Whewell's actual historical influence. Elwick (2007) has argued that historical reasoning was a major emerging theme in nineteenth century British science, and Alter (1999) linked this theme to Whewell's work on historical science. I here suggest further research on systematics in particular.…”

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William Whewell’s philosophy of architecture and the historicization of biology

Quinn

2016

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in

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“…As Elwick has pointed out, Huxley could make 'money and a name for himself by bringing German findings to a British audience'. 26 In 1852 Huxley was trying to persuade William Longman to publish a translation of Siebold's Tape and Cystic Worms. Longman did not think that the demand would be high enough, and declined.…”

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Scientific naturalists and their language games

Lightman

2015

Hist Sci

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For nineteenth century British scientific naturalists like Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, and John Tyndall, translation, and the issues of language that it raised, were crucial. Dealing with these issues became a major part of their strategy to reform British science, and it involved opening up the scientific community to French and German research. Early in their careers, both Huxley and Tyndall invested time translating science books from the continent into English. Later, as they themselves wrote books that were in demand across the channel, they, and Darwin, put a great deal of time and energy into locating the best possible translators for their writings. Translation was not only a key to reforming British science; it was also essential as a means of circulating the evolutionary worldview of scientific naturalism globally. But Darwin, Huxley, and Tyndall were not fully prepared for the challenges they would encounter in authorizing translations of their own works.

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Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences

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The Current Status of Ethnobiology in Ecuador

The Current Status of Ethnobiology in Ecuador

William Whewell’s philosophy of architecture and the historicization of biology

Scientific naturalists and their language games

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