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  Yafeng Shan | Philosopher
Yafeng Shan 單亞峰
I am a philosopher, specialising in philosophy of science, epistemology, and metaphysics. I am now Research Associate in Philosophy at the University of Kent and a member of the Centre for Reasoning there. Previously, I held teaching and research positions at Tel Aviv University and Durham University. I completed my PhD at University College London.
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CFR: 'Thomas Kuhn and the 21st Century Philosophy of Science' The Kuhn Centennial Conference! Register here by 24 June 2022!

CFR: 'New Perspectives on Causation in the Life Sciences' Conference! Register here by 12 June 2022!

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 is published by Springer. (The e-book is now available.)
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  • Home
  • Research
    • The Metaphysical Foundations of Evidential Pluralism (BA/Leverhulme)
  • Teaching
  • Selected Talks
  • 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)
  • Media Coverage
  • Contact