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BI 150 Dan Nicholson: Machines, Organisms, Processes

Brain Inspired

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Isn't Philosophy of Science a Good Idea?

Philosophy of science is a discipline targeted to scientists. It's like what theoretical biology used to be, you know? I'm interested that at the moment I'm doing an engagement of project looking at the history of this discipline. Most people have a terrible opinion of theoretical biology because it's associated with mathematical models of particular biological processes. So maybe it's time to take back, reclaim theoretical biology as something that can be as useful to biology as theoretical physics is to physics.

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