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'''Angela Potochnik''' is Professor of Philosophy, Head of the Philosophy Department, Founder, and Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science at the [[University of Cincinnati]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ucengagingscience.org/people/|title=People + Partners|date=April 12, 2019|website=UC Center for Public Engagement with Science}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ucengagingscience.org/|title=UC Center for Public Engagement with Science|date=November 5, 2024|website=UC Center for Public Engagement with Science}}</ref><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/elements/public-engagement-with-science/about-the-editors</ref>.​ Her research addresses the nature of science and its successes, the relationships between science and the public, and methods in science, especially biology. She is the author of Idealization and the Aims of Science (2017)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo27128726.html|title=Idealization and the Aims of Science|first=Angela|last=Potochnik|publisher=University of Chicago Press}}</ref> and Science and the Public (2024)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/science-and-the-public/F068224306AE6FE86D7CA0757948D137|title=Science and the Public|first=Angela|last=Potochnik|date=March 16, 2024|journal=Elements in the Philosophy of Science|via=www.cambridge.org|doi=10.1017/9781009049474|isbn=978-1-009-04947-4 }}</ref> and coauthor of Recipes for Science: an introduction to scientific methods and reasoning (2018, 2nd Ed. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.routledge.com/Recipes-for-Science-An-Introduction-to-Scientific-Methods-and-Reasoning/Potochnik-Colombo-Wright/p/book/9781032290966?srsltid=AfmBOoqQROy4AzlVxgy_lxo9EfGqApv5ArvzrhJip5SNrhd5u0iu0XNw|title=Recipes for Science: An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning|website=Routledge & CRC Press}}</ref>. She earned her PhD from [[Stanford University|Stanford]] University in 2007.
'''Angela Potochnik''' is an American Philosopher. She is a professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the [[University of Cincinnati]], where she also serves as the Founder and Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ucengagingscience.org/people/|title=People + Partners|date=April 12, 2019|website=UC Center for Public Engagement with Science}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ucengagingscience.org/|title=UC Center for Public Engagement with Science|date=November 5, 2024|website=UC Center for Public Engagement with Science}}</ref><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/elements/public-engagement-with-science/about-the-editors</ref>.​ Her research addresses the nature of science and its successes, the relationships between science and the public, and methods in science, especially biology.
Potochnik earned her PhD from [[Stanford University|Stanford]] University in 2007. She is the author of Idealization and the Aims of Science (2017)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo27128726.html|title=Idealization and the Aims of Science|first=Angela|last=Potochnik|publisher=University of Chicago Press}}</ref> and Science and the Public (2024)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/science-and-the-public/F068224306AE6FE86D7CA0757948D137|title=Science and the Public|first=Angela|last=Potochnik|date=March 16, 2024|journal=Elements in the Philosophy of Science|via=www.cambridge.org|doi=10.1017/9781009049474|isbn=978-1-009-04947-4 }}</ref> and coauthor of Recipes for Science: an introduction to scientific methods and reasoning (2018, 2nd Ed. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.routledge.com/Recipes-for-Science-An-Introduction-to-Scientific-Methods-and-Reasoning/Potochnik-Colombo-Wright/p/book/9781032290966?srsltid=AfmBOoqQROy4AzlVxgy_lxo9EfGqApv5ArvzrhJip5SNrhd5u0iu0XNw|title=Recipes for Science: An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning|website=Routledge & CRC Press}}</ref>.


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 07:46, 19 December 2024


Angela Potochnik is an American Philosopher. She is a professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, where she also serves as the Founder and Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science[1][2][3].​ Her research addresses the nature of science and its successes, the relationships between science and the public, and methods in science, especially biology. Potochnik earned her PhD from Stanford University in 2007. She is the author of Idealization and the Aims of Science (2017)[4] and Science and the Public (2024)[5] and coauthor of Recipes for Science: an introduction to scientific methods and reasoning (2018, 2nd Ed. 2024)[6].

Publications

  • Potochnik, A. (2024). Science and the Public. Elements in the Philosophy of Science.
  • Potochnik, A. (2021). Our world isn't organized into levels.
  • Potochnik, A. (2011). A Neurathian conception of the unity of science. Erkenntnis, 74, 305-319.
  • Potochnik, A. (2020). Idealization and many aims. Philosophy of science, 87(5), 933-943.
  • Potochnik, A., & Sanches de Oliveira, G. (2020). Patterns in cognitive phenomena and pluralism of explanatory styles. Topics in Cognitive Science, 12(4), 1306-1320.
  • Potochnik, A., Colombo, M., & Wright, C. (2018). Recipes for science: an introduction to scientific methods and reasoning. Routledge.
  • Potochnik, A. (2017). Idealization and the Aims of Science. University of Chicago Press.
  • Potochnik, A. (2016). Scientific explanation: Putting communication first. Philosophy of Science, 83(5), 721-732.
  • Potochnik, A. (2015). The diverse aims of science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 53, 71-80.
  • Potochnik, A. (2015). Causal patterns and adequate explanations. Philosophical Studies, 172, 1163-1182.
  • Potochnik, A., & McGill, B. (2012). The limitations of hierarchical organization. Philosophy of Science, 79(1), 120-140.
  • Potochnik, A. (2010). Levels of explanation reconceived. Philosophy of science, 77(1), 59-72.
  • Potochnik, A. (2010). Explanatory independence and epistemic interdependence: A case study of the optimality approach. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
  • Potochnik, A. (2009). Optimality modeling in a suboptimal world. Biology & Philosophy, 24, 183-197.
  • Potochnik, A. (2007). Optimality modeling and explanatory generality. Philosophy of Science, 74(5), 680-691.
  • Potochnik, A., & Yap, A. (2006). Revisiting Galison's 'Aufbau/Bauhaus' in light of Neurath's philosophical projects. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 37(3), 469-488.

References

  1. ^ "People + Partners". UC Center for Public Engagement with Science. April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "UC Center for Public Engagement with Science". UC Center for Public Engagement with Science. November 5, 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/elements/public-engagement-with-science/about-the-editors
  4. ^ Potochnik, Angela. Idealization and the Aims of Science. University of Chicago Press.
  5. ^ Potochnik, Angela (March 16, 2024). "Science and the Public". Elements in the Philosophy of Science. doi:10.1017/9781009049474. ISBN 978-1-009-04947-4 – via www.cambridge.org.
  6. ^ "Recipes for Science: An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning". Routledge & CRC Press.

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