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  Yafeng Shan | Philosopher
Yafeng Shan 單亞峰
I am a philosopher, specialising in philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, and metaphilosophy. I am now Research Associate in Philosophy at the University of Kent. Previously, I held teaching and research positions at Tel Aviv University and Durham University. I completed my PhD at University College London.
  *NEWS*
My book Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (co-authored with Jon Williamson) will be out by Routledge in April 2023!

My edited book Examining Philosophy Itself is scheduled to be out by Wiley in April 2023!

My edited book New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress was published by Routledge.

The special issue New Directions in Metaphilosophy was published in Metaphilosophy. [access]

My paper 'Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research' was published in Philosophy Compass. [full text access]

My paper 'Philosophy Doesn't Need a Concept of Progress' was published in Metaphilosophy. [full text access]

Our paper 'Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences' (co-authored with Jon Williamson) was published in European Journal for Philosophy of Science. [open access]

My paper 'Beyond Mendelism and Biometry' was published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. [access] [preprint]

Evidential Diversity in the Social Sciences (co-edited with Jon Williamson), a topical collection of Synthese, is now available online.

New Directions in the Historiography of Genetics (co-edited with Ehud Lamm and Oren Harman), a special issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, is now available online.

My book Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics was published by Springer. (The e-book is now available.)
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  • Home
  • Publications
    • Monographs >
      • Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics (Springer, 2020)
    • Edited Volumes
    • Special Issues
    • Journal Articles
    • Book Chapters
  • Events
    • The Kuhn Centennial Conference (Kent, 2022)
    • Causation in Biology Conference (Kent, 2022)
    • MMR and Causal Inference Workshop (Kent, 2022)
    • Causation Conference (Kent, 2021)
    • Analogical Reasoning Workshop (Kent, 2021)
    • Metaphilosophy Conference (Kent, 2021)
    • Evidential Pluralism and the Social Sciences Conference (Kent, 2020)
    • Historiography of Genetics Workshop (Tel Aviv, 2019)
  • Selected Talks
  • Media Coverage
  • Contact