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History and |
Philosophy of Science
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Chong Ho Yu
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Book Review
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Longitude : The true story of a lone genius who solved the
greatest scientific problem of his time
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Where the sea breaks its back; the epic story of a pioneer
naturalist and the discovery of Alaska
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Undaunted courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and
the opening of the American West
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Articles on Philosophy of Science
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Can Absence of Evidence be treated as Evidence of Absence? An
Analysis of Stenger's Argument against the Existence of God
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Biology, Philosophy of Science, and Statistics in Fisherian
and Pearsonian Schools
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Inference to the Best Explanation and Dembski-Significance
Testing Approach (Password protected)
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Advance in Monte Carlo Simulations and Robustness Study and
their Implications for the dispute in Philosophy of Mathematics
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Meanings of inference in inference to the best explanation
(Work in progress)
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Balkanization and unification of probability
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Misconceived relationships between logical positivism and
quantitative research
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Abduction, Deduction, and Induction: Their applications in
quantitative methods
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A philosophical investigation of causal interpretation in
structural equation models
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Assumptions and interventions of probabilistic causal models
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Theological conflicts between Galileo and the Catholic Church
and their implications for modern disciplines
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The impact of the transition from the geocentric universe to
the heliocentric universe on the European culture
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The scientific significance of experimentation, observation,
idealization, and thought experiments
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Testability of the Intelligent Design argument in the
perspective of quantitative methodology
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Philosophical assumptions in the discussion of irreducible
complexity, naturalism, demarcation criterion, probability, law, and
adequate explanation
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Evaluation of the free will defense in the perspective of
philosophy of science (password protected)
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Philosophical issues of factor analysis (password protected)
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Defending linearity and simplicity in the perspective of
history of science
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Causation in quantitative research methodologies from Pearson
to Glymour
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Is automated data mining an emerging paradigm that can
supersede hypothesis testing? (password protected)
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Articles on other topics
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Evaluation of Nussbaum's cosmopolitanism and world
citizenship in the context of cultural and economic globalization |
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Critique of World on Fire: How exporting free market
democracy breeds ethnic hatred and global instability by Amy Chua
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Compatibility between evolutionary biology and classical
natural law theory in the terms of distinct kinds and rationality |
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Interpretations and misinterpretations of classical
skepticism in Western Intellectual Tradition |
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Playing God, God of the Gaps and passive euthanasia
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Hate the sin but love the sinner: The controversy of the point
of no return
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Rethinking the Dworkinian forward-looking approach: Is Affirmative Action compatible with fairness?
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What is a delicate balance? (Work in progress)
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Applications of John Austin's speech-act theory to Chinese and
American contexts
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Chinese ethics and universal human rights
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Ethical issues of product placement and manipulation
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Aesthetics of photography: Combining the viewer's and the
artist's standpoints
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The triple alliance among art, ethics and politics: A tension
between universal communicability and fleeting political views
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