The Past, Present, and Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

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Introduction
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Origins, trends, methodologies and divisions – reflections on the past,
present and future of iHPS: A keynote interview with Jon Hodge
	0.1 The origins of IHPS
	0.2 Trends in iHPS
	0.3 Different traditions and methods within iHPS
	0.4 Are there polarisations and divisions within iHPS?
	0.5 How do you see the future of iHPS?
PART 1: Problematising the relationship between history of science and philosophy of science
	1. Scientonomy: A bold new vision for an integrated history and philosophy of science
		1.1 HPS: integration and unintegration
		1.2 A theory of scientific change: territories, mosaics, patterns
		1.3 Scientonomy: integrating HS & PS
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	2. Understanding past research practice: A case for iHPS
		Introduction
		2.1 The general structure of suitable research problems for iHPS
		2.2 Understanding past research practice – a problem suited for iHPS
		2.3 Research in physico-chemical biology between the two world wars
		2.4 How to learn about past research practice through iHPS
		Conclusion: The case for iHPS
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	3. Narrative explanations in integrated History and Philosophy of Science
		Introduction
		3.1 Experiment and generalisation
		3.2 Explanation in historical sciences: the common cause account
		3.3 Narrative explanation
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	4. Is a normative historically oriented Philosophy of Science possible?: A new horizon for integrated History and Philosophy of Science (iHPS)
		Introduction
		4.1 Three ways of conceiving the relation between History and Philosophy of Science
		4.2 The integration of History and Philosophy of Science in science policy discourse
		4.3 The agenda of Philosophy of Science Policy
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	5. Historical epistemology and the ‘marriage’ between History and Philosophy of Science
		Introduction
		5.1 The ‘marriage’ debate: how can History of Science and Philosophy
of Science be combined?
		5.2 Épistémologie historique: an a posteriori normative approach to the
History of Science
		5.3 Normative, Whig and presentist history
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	6. Obligation to judge or judging obligations: The integration of philosophy and science in Francophone Philosophy of Science
		Introduction: What French epistemology can offer iHPS
		6.1 French historical epistemology: an overview
		6.2 The philosophy of Gaston Bachelard
		6.3 From epistemological to political normativity
		Conclusion: new tools for iHPS
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
PART 2: iHPS in practice
	7. Experimentalist as spectator: The phenomenology of early modern experimentalism
		Introduction
		7.1 Historiographical issues surrounding the divide between craft based and theoretical knowledge
		7.2 Craftwork and the primacy of practice
		7.3 Heidegger and the epistemology of early experimentalism
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	8. Teleology: A case study in iHPS
		Introduction
		8.1 Teleology and design: the early-modern conception of purposiveness and its place in contemporary biological theory
		8.2 A minor historical canon: intrinsic teleology and its tradition
		8.3 Teleology without intention: Hegel’s philosophical account of purposiveness
		Conclusion: applications for current iHPS
		Notes
		Bibliography
	9. The cybernetic origins of enactivism and computationalism
		Introduction
		9.1 Enactivism and computationalism
		9.2 Cybernetic origins
		9.3 The enactivist notion of autonomy
		9.4 Autonomy and computation
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	10. Towards a mutually beneficial integration of History and Philosophy of Science: The case of Jean Perrin
		Introduction
		10.1 Jean Perrin and traditional approaches to HPS
		10.2 Perrin’s early methodological views
		10.3 The phenomenon of Brownian movement and the qualitative
triangulation of molecular reality: the molecular hypothesis as a logical
induction
		10.4 The quantitative triangulation of molecular magnitudes
		10.5 The structure and epistemic import of Perrin’s height distribution experiments
		10.6 The epistemic import of the independent determinations of Avogadro’s number
		10.7 The emergence of discordance: mathematical theories of Brownian movement
		Conclusion: Towards a two-way, mutually beneficial, integration of History and Philosophy of Science
		Notes
		Bibliography
	11. Revitalising a nineteenth century debate about life (which has been done to death): Or, how to live with historiographical pluralism
		Introduction
		11.1 Pluralising historiographical perspectives: a lesson for HS from PS
		11.2 The Abernethy–Lawrence controversy
		11.3 A new perspective: the pen and the sword
		11.4 A productive pluralism
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	12. Between realism and constructivism: A sketch of pluralism for science education
		Introduction: ‘Making use’ of the History and Philosophy of Science
		12.1 Realism versus constructivism in science education
		12.2 Finding a middle ground: pluralistic realism
		12.3 Three kinds of pluralism that matter in science education
		12.4 Re-envisioning science education in light of pluralism: a way forward
		Conclusion: Expanding the toolbox of science education
		Notes
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
Index