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SUMMARY:Dynamic (bio)ontologies for good epistemology - Sabina Leonelli (U
 niversity of Exeter)
DTSTART:20091119T163000Z
DTEND:20091119T180000Z
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CONTACT:Alex Broadbent
DESCRIPTION:I will explore the significance of a newcomer in the epistemol
 ogy of biology: the bio-ontology\, a classification tool that has come to 
 play a crucial role in the dissemination of results across research contex
 ts\, as well as in the extraction of inferences and testable hypotheses fr
 om available datasets. I will analyse the characteristics of bio-ontologie
 s and illustrate how their use is affecting experimental practices in biol
 ogy. I will then show that bio-ontologies' success as research tools lies 
 in their capability to change in response to new developments. I will conc
 lude that the case of bio-ontologies exemplifies a fundamental characteris
 tic of any ontology underlying scientific inquiry: a strong interdependenc
 e with epistemic practices.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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