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Varieties of Data-Centric Science: Regional Climate Modeling and Model Organism Research (2022)
Journal Article
Lloyd, E., Lusk, G., Gluck, S., & McGinnis, S. (2022). Varieties of Data-Centric Science: Regional Climate Modeling and Model Organism Research. Philosophy of Science, 89(4), 802 - 823. https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2021.50

Modern science’s ability to produce, store, and analyze big datasets is changing the way that scientific research is practiced. Philosophers have only begun to comprehend the changed nature of scientific reasoning in this age of “big data.” We analyz... Read More about Varieties of Data-Centric Science: Regional Climate Modeling and Model Organism Research.

Non-epistemic values and scientific assessment: an adequacy-for-purpose view (2022)
Journal Article
Lusk, G., & Elliott, K. C. (2022). Non-epistemic values and scientific assessment: an adequacy-for-purpose view. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 12(2), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-022-00458-w

The literature on values in science struggles with questions about how to describe and manage the role of values in scientific research. We argue that progress can be made by shifting this literature’s current emphasis. Rather than arguing about how... Read More about Non-epistemic values and scientific assessment: an adequacy-for-purpose view.

Is HPS a valuable component of a STEM education? An empirical study of student interest in HPS courses within an undergraduate science curriculum (2022)
Journal Article
Lusk, G. (2022). Is HPS a valuable component of a STEM education? An empirical study of student interest in HPS courses within an undergraduate science curriculum. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 12(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00433-x

This paper presents the results of a survey of students majoring in STEM fields whose education contained a significant history, philosophy and sociology (HPS) of science component. The survey was administered to students in a North American public 4... Read More about Is HPS a valuable component of a STEM education? An empirical study of student interest in HPS courses within an undergraduate science curriculum.