[spsp-members] International Postdoc Forum for the Philosophy of Science: 11 October (Wednesday)

[Alan Love]

*11 October 2023, 4:00 pm CDT (UTC-5*)
*Exploring Goal-directed Uses of the Replicability Concept*
Eden Smith, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies and MetaMelb
Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia

*Abstract*: The replicability concept plays an important role in assessing
the credibility of research claims. Meanwhile, studies into replication
practices suggest that conflicting sets of characteristics are being used
to determine which practices count as replications in different contexts.
Rather than attempt to explain or resolve these tensions, I focus on
exploring how the replicability concept is being used for studying
scientific practices. In doing so, I draw upon scholarship into the uses of
goal-directed concepts as tools within investigative practices. Building on
this field of scholarship, I propose that there is also value in
reflexively interrogating the concepts we use, in turn, when studying
investigative practices. To support this proposal, I offer a brief account
of how the replicability concept has been used for both analytic and
evaluative goals within studies of the sciences. In doing so, I also hope
to draw attention to how different goal-directed uses of the replicability
concept can provide complementary insights for those seeking to understand
when assessing replicability is appropriate for establishing the
credibility of a given research claim.

*Commentator*: Samuel Fletcher, Philosophy, University of Minnesota

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Alan C. Love
Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts
<https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/news/alan-love-places-evo-devo-front-and-center>
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
<https://scholarswalk.umn.edu/faculty-awards/mcknight-awards/distinguished>
Department of Philosophy & Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Minnesota
http://umn.edu/~aclove

*Current Project:* Agency, Directionality, and Function: Foundations for a
Science of Purpose <https://www.biologicalpurpose.org>
*New Paper!* Teleonomy: revisiting a proposed conceptual replacement for
teleology <https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-022-00424-y> (open access)
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