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SUMMARY:Why genetics succeeds: an epistemology of scientific practice - C.
  Kenneth Waters (University of Calgary)
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:What accounts for the spectacular success of contemporary gene
 tics and allied sciences? The usual explanation of scientific success in m
 ature science assumes that investigation is based on a core theory that gr
 asps the fundamentals underlying the domain being investigated. I am devel
 oping an alternative explanation that draws attention to concrete descript
 ive knowledge\, procedural knowledge\, and research strategies. These elem
 ents are integrated with modest theoretical knowledge to form what I call 
 an investigative matrix. According to this practice-centered epistemology\
 , an investigative matrix can be used to systematically investigate phenom
 ena that are not explained\, even potentially explained\, by the modest th
 eoretical knowledge upon which the research depends.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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