History & Philosophy of Science

TagLast edit: 3 Jan 2023 19:22 UTC by Eleni Angelou

History & Philosophy of Science (HPS) encompasses the integrated study of the history and philosophy of science. It breaks down into general HPS which is concerned with questions about the nature of science and scientific development, e.g., what is a scientific law?, and HPS of individual sciences which focuses on the specific agenda of a science e.g., history and philosophy of biology.

Musings on Cargo Cult Consciousness

Gareth Davidson25 Jan 2024 23:00 UTC

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Why wasn’t preservation with the goal of potential future revival started earlier in history?

Andy_McKenzie16 Jan 2024 16:15 UTC

31 points

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Napoleon stole the Roman Inquisition archives and investigated the Galileo case

Meow P27 Nov 2023 9:41 UTC

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(www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk)

Neither Copernicus, Galileo, nor Kepler had proof

Meow P22 Nov 2023 18:41 UTC

4 points

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(www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk)

Paradigms and Theory Choice in AI: Adaptivity, Economy and Control

particlemania28 Aug 2023 22:19 UTC

4 points

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What does it mean to “trust science”?

jasoncrawford16 Aug 2023 14:56 UTC

34 points

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(rootsofprogress.org)

A Social History of Truth

Vaniver31 Jul 2023 22:49 UTC

64 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

Physics is Ultimately Subjective

Gordon Seidoh Worley14 Jul 2023 22:19 UTC

5 points

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The Many Stories of Science

amayhew29 Apr 2023 16:49 UTC

3 points

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(naiveskepticblog.wordpress.com)

The Quantum Wave Function is Related to a Philosophy Concept

Richard Aragon20 Apr 2023 3:16 UTC

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Lost in Innovation: The Case of Phlogiston

adamShimi20 Jan 2023 12:19 UTC

15 points

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(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Book Review: Worlds of Flow

remember16 Jan 2023 20:17 UTC

83 points

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The special nature of special relativity

adamShimi9 Jan 2023 17:30 UTC

37 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

[Question] Book recommendations for the history of ML?

Eleni Angelou28 Dec 2022 23:50 UTC

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Proof as mere strong evidence

adamShimi14 Dec 2022 8:56 UTC

28 points

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(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Formalization as suspension of intuition

adamShimi11 Dec 2022 15:16 UTC

54 points

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(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Dependency Tree For The Development Of Plate Tectonics

Elizabeth5 Oct 2022 22:40 UTC

38 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Against the weirdness heuristic

Eleni Angelou2 Oct 2022 19:41 UTC

17 points

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There is no royal road to alignment

Eleni Angelou18 Sep 2022 3:33 UTC

4 points

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It’s (not) how you use it

Eleni Angelou7 Sep 2022 17:15 UTC

8 points

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Who ordered alignment’s apple?

Eleni Angelou28 Aug 2022 4:05 UTC

6 points

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Epistemic Artefacts of (conceptual) AI alignment research

Nora_Ammann and particlemania

19 Aug 2022 17:18 UTC

30 points

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Alignment’s phlogiston

Eleni Angelou18 Aug 2022 22:27 UTC

10 points

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Levels of Pluralism

adamShimi27 Jul 2022 9:35 UTC

34 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

Productive Mistakes, Not Perfect Answers

adamShimi7 Apr 2022 16:41 UTC

97 points

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Replacing Natural Interpretations

adamShimi16 Mar 2022 13:05 UTC

16 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Shotgun Book Reviews: Against Method, The Knowledge Machine and Understanding Nature

adamShimi14 Mar 2022 8:13 UTC

28 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Scientific Wrestling: Beyond Passive Hypothesis-Testing

adamShimi7 Mar 2022 12:01 UTC

43 points

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