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Causation in Biology Conference (Kent, 2022)
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Causation Conference (Kent, 2021)
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Yafeng Shan | Philosopher
MONOGRAPHS
(under contract)
The Social Nature of Scientific Knowledge,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(2023)
Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences
,
London and New York: Routledge. (Co-authored with Jon Williamson.)
(2020)
Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics
, Cham: Springer.
EDITED VOLUMES
(commissioned)
The Blackwell Companion to Metaphilosophy
. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (Co-edited with
Armen T. Marsoobian.
)
(under contract)
Integrating
Philosophy of Science
and
Epistemology
. Cham: Springer.
(under contract)
Karl Popper and the Open Future of the Philosophy of Science
. New York: Routledge.
(under contract)
The Blackwell Companion to the Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
(under contract)
History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
, Cham: Springer.
(2024)
Rethinking Thomas Kuhn's Legacy
, Cham: Springer.
(2024)
Alternative Approaches to Causation: Beyond Difference-making and Mechanism
, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(2023)
Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers
, London and New York: Routledge.
(2023)
Examining Philosophy Itself
. Chichester: Wiley.
(2022)
New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress
,
New York and London: Routledge.
SPECIAL ISSUES
(2023)
The Philosophy of Thomas Kuhn: New Frontiers
, a special issue of
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
, co-edited with Vincenzo Politi.
(2023)
New Directions in the Historiography of Genetics
,
a special issue of
Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science
, co-edited with Ehud Lamm and Oren Harman.
(2022)
New Directions in Metaphilosophy
, a special issue of
Metaphilosophy
.
(2022)
Evidential Diversity in the Social Sciences
, a topical collection of
Synthese
, co-edited with Jon Williamson.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
(2024) "
The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: An Integrated Historical and Philosophical Examination
."
Philosophy Compass
19(6), e13002.
(2023) "
Beyond Structure: New Frontiers of the Philosophy of Thomas Kuhn
."
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
36(2): 81-86. (Co-authored with Vincenzo Politi.)
(2023) "
‘History Will Be Kind To Me’: An Introduction to New Directions in the Historiography of Genetics
."
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
99: A1-A3.
(Co-authored with Ehud Lamm and Oren Harman.)
(2023) "
Science is More Than Knowing
."
Asian Journal of Philosophy
2(1), 13.
(2022) "
Evidential Monism, Evidential Pluralism, or Evidential Contextualism? An Introduction to Evidential Diversity in the Social Sciences
."
Synthese
200(4), 321. (Co-authored with Jon Williamson.)
(2022) “
The Unexamined Philosophy Is Not Worth Doing: An Introduction to New Directions in Metaphilosophy.
”
Metaphilosophy
53(2-3): 153-158.
(2022) "
Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research
.
"
Philosophy Compass
17(1), e12804.
(2022) "
Philosophy Doesn't Need a Concept of Progress
."
Metaphilosophy
53(2-3): 176-184.
(2021) "
Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences
.
"
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
11(4), 96. (Co-authored with Jon Williamson.)
(2021) "
Beyond Mendelism and Biometry
."
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
89: 155-163.
(2019) "
Contrastivism and Non-Comtrastivism in Scientific Explanation
."
Philosophy Compass
14(8), e12613.
(2019) "
A New Functional Approach to Scientific Progress
.
"
Philosophy of Science
86(4): 739-758.
(2020) “
Kuhn’s ‘Wrong Turning’ and Legacy Today
.
”
Synthese
197(1): 381-406.
BOOK CHAPTERS
(2024).
Kuhn Still Matters
. In
Rethinking Thomas Kuhn’s Legacy,
edited by Yafeng Shan, 1-7. Springer, Cham.
(2024) “
Epistemic Causality and Its Application to the Social and Cognitive Sciences
.” In
Alternative Approaches to Causation
, edited by Yafeng Shan, 241-277. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Co-authored with Samuel D. Taylor and Jon Williamson.)
(2024) “
Some Reflections on Causation
.” In
Alternative Approaches to Causation
, edited by Yafeng Shan, 1-12. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(2023) "
Assessing Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research
." In
Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers
, edited by Yafeng Shan, 1-10. London and New York: Routledge.
(2023) “
The Historiography of Scientific Revolutions
.” In
Handbook of the Historiography of Science
, edited by Mauro L. Condé and Marlon Salomon, 257-273. Cham: Springer.
(2022) “
The Functional Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Usefulness
.” In
New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress
, edited by Yafeng Shan, 46-61. New York: Routledge.
(2022) “
Introduction: Philosophical Analyses of Scientific Progress
.” In
New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress
, edited by Yafeng Shan, 1-9. New York: Routledge.
(2021) “
Mendel on Developmental Information
.
” In
Information and the History of Philosophy
, edited by Chris Meyns, 262–80. London: Routledge.
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
(2021) "
Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences
."
The Reasoner
15(6): 50-51.
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Teaching and Supervision
Publications
Monographs
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Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics (Springer, 2020)
Edited Volumes
>
New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress (Routledge, 2022)
Special Issues
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Events
Explanation, Narrative, and Explanation in the Social Sciences Conference (HK, 2025)
Philosophy of Science and Epistemology Conference (HK, 2024)
Karl Popper and 21st Century Philosophy of Science Conference (HK, 2024)
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
HKUST Philosophy of Science Research Group
HKUST Philosophy of Science Lecture Series
HKUST PLS Full Programme
HKUST HPS Research Seminar
HKUST HPS Full Programme
HKUST Philosophy of Science Annual Workshops
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