TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sikimić, Vlasta
AU  - Damnjanović, Kaja
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4730
AB  - Modern physics encompasses theoretical and experimental research divided into subfields with specific features. For instance, high energy physics (HEP) attracts significant funding and has distinct organizational structures, i.e., large laboratories and cross-institutional collaborations. Expensive equipment and large experiments create a specific work atmosphere and human relations. While the gender imbalance is characteristic for STEM, early-career researchers are inherently dependent on their supervisors. This raises the question of how satisfied researchers working in physics are and how different subgroups−female and early-career researchers−perceive their work environment. We conducted a survey to measure job satisfaction and satisfaction with the academic system among physicists (N = 122) working in large laboratories, universities, and independent institutes. For this we used Likert-type scales. The scale for measuring the satisfaction with the academic system in physics was constructed by us. It performed statistically well and yielded three factors: experience of research autonomy, opportunities to use one's knowledge, and appreciation of the research by the general public. In our study, we detected that physicists are less satisfied with the academic system than with their work environment. Moreover, female scientists and junior researchers evaluated their jobs more negatively. The results emphasize the need for improving work and research conditions for underprivileged groups in physics. Interestingly, no significant effect was found between different types of academic institutions and general job satisfaction. Finally, participants felt that their work has not been well understood by the public.
PB  - Begell House
T2  - Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
T1  - (Dis)satisfaction of female and early-career researchers with the academic system in physics
EP  - 50
IS  - 2
SP  - 25
VL  - 29
DO  - 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022038712
ER  - 

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author = "Sikimić, Vlasta and Damnjanović, Kaja and Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Modern physics encompasses theoretical and experimental research divided into subfields with specific features. For instance, high energy physics (HEP) attracts significant funding and has distinct organizational structures, i.e., large laboratories and cross-institutional collaborations. Expensive equipment and large experiments create a specific work atmosphere and human relations. While the gender imbalance is characteristic for STEM, early-career researchers are inherently dependent on their supervisors. This raises the question of how satisfied researchers working in physics are and how different subgroups−female and early-career researchers−perceive their work environment. We conducted a survey to measure job satisfaction and satisfaction with the academic system among physicists (N = 122) working in large laboratories, universities, and independent institutes. For this we used Likert-type scales. The scale for measuring the satisfaction with the academic system in physics was constructed by us. It performed statistically well and yielded three factors: experience of research autonomy, opportunities to use one's knowledge, and appreciation of the research by the general public. In our study, we detected that physicists are less satisfied with the academic system than with their work environment. Moreover, female scientists and junior researchers evaluated their jobs more negatively. The results emphasize the need for improving work and research conditions for underprivileged groups in physics. Interestingly, no significant effect was found between different types of academic institutions and general job satisfaction. Finally, participants felt that their work has not been well understood by the public.",
publisher = "Begell House",
journal = "Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering",
title = "(Dis)satisfaction of female and early-career researchers with the academic system in physics",
pages = "50-25",
number = "2",
volume = "29",
doi = "10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022038712"
}

Sikimić, V., Damnjanović, K.,& Perović, S.. (2023). (Dis)satisfaction of female and early-career researchers with the academic system in physics. in Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
Begell House., 29(2), 25-50.
https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022038712

Sikimić V, Damnjanović K, Perović S. (Dis)satisfaction of female and early-career researchers with the academic system in physics. in Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. 2023;29(2):25-50.
doi:10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022038712 .

Sikimić, Vlasta, Damnjanović, Kaja, Perović, Slobodan, "(Dis)satisfaction of female and early-career researchers with the academic system in physics" in Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 29, no. 2 (2023):25-50,
https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2022038712 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3313
AB  - Ian Hacking has argued that the notions of experiment and observation are distinct, not even the opposite ends of a continuum. More recently, other authors have emphasised their continuity, saying it is futile to distinguish between them as they belong on a continuum of epistemic activities. I take a middle road by suggesting that in scientific practice, experiment and observation constitute a continuum, but we can identify methodological and pragmatic aspects that define it, as well as various points on it that meaningfully delineate scientific practices. I explain the implications of the location of research projects on the continuum for scientists' epistemic responsibilities and their ethical and funding concerns.
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2  - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
T1  - Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice
DO  - 10.1080/02698595.2021.1978038
ER  - 

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author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Ian Hacking has argued that the notions of experiment and observation are distinct, not even the opposite ends of a continuum. More recently, other authors have emphasised their continuity, saying it is futile to distinguish between them as they belong on a continuum of epistemic activities. I take a middle road by suggesting that in scientific practice, experiment and observation constitute a continuum, but we can identify methodological and pragmatic aspects that define it, as well as various points on it that meaningfully delineate scientific practices. I explain the implications of the location of research projects on the continuum for scientists' epistemic responsibilities and their ethical and funding concerns.",
publisher = "Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon",
journal = "International Studies in the Philosophy of Science",
title = "Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice",
doi = "10.1080/02698595.2021.1978038"
}

Perović, S.. (2021). Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice. in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon..
https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2021.1978038

Perović S. Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice. in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 2021;.
doi:10.1080/02698595.2021.1978038 .

Perović, Slobodan, "Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice" in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2021.1978038 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
AU  - Sikimić, Vlasta
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3162
AB  - We argue that inductive analysis (based on formal learning theory and the use of suitable machine learning reconstructions) and operational (citation metrics-based) assessment of the scientific process can be justifiably and fruitfully brought together, whereby the citation metrics used in the operational analysis can effectively track the inductive dynamics and measure the research efficiency. We specify the conditions for the use of such inductive streamlining, demonstrate it in the cases of high energy physics experimentation and phylogenetic research, and propose a test of the method's applicability.
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht
T2  - Journal for General Philosophy of Science
T1  - How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance
EP  - 291
IS  - 2
SP  - 267
VL  - 51
DO  - 10.1007/s10838-019-09468-4
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan and Sikimić, Vlasta",
year = "2020",
abstract = "We argue that inductive analysis (based on formal learning theory and the use of suitable machine learning reconstructions) and operational (citation metrics-based) assessment of the scientific process can be justifiably and fruitfully brought together, whereby the citation metrics used in the operational analysis can effectively track the inductive dynamics and measure the research efficiency. We specify the conditions for the use of such inductive streamlining, demonstrate it in the cases of high energy physics experimentation and phylogenetic research, and propose a test of the method's applicability.",
publisher = "Springer, Dordrecht",
journal = "Journal for General Philosophy of Science",
title = "How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance",
pages = "291-267",
number = "2",
volume = "51",
doi = "10.1007/s10838-019-09468-4"
}

Perović, S.,& Sikimić, V.. (2020). How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance. in Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Springer, Dordrecht., 51(2), 267-291.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-019-09468-4

Perović S, Sikimić V. How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance. in Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 2020;51(2):267-291.
doi:10.1007/s10838-019-09468-4 .

Perović, Slobodan, Sikimić, Vlasta, "How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance" in Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 51, no. 2 (2020):267-291,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-019-09468-4 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Korenić, Andrej
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
AU  - Ćirković, Milan M.
AU  - Miguel, Paul-Antoine
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3169
AB  - Symmetry-based explanations using symmetry breaking (SB) as the key explanatory tool have complemented and replaced traditional causal explanations in various domains of physics. The process of spontaneous SB is now a mainstay of contemporary explanatory accounts of large chunks of condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, nonlinear dynamics, cosmology, and other disciplines. A wide range of empirical research into various phenomena related to symmetries and SB across biological scales has accumulated as well. Led by these results, we identify and explain some common features of the emergence, propagation, and cascading of SB-induced layers across the biosphere. These features are predicated on the thermodynamic openness and intrinsic functional incompleteness of the systems at stake and have not been systematically analyzed from a general philosophical and methodological perspective. We also consider possible continuity of SB across the physical and biological world and discuss the connection between Darwinism and SB-based analysis of the biosphere and its history.
PB  - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology
T1  - Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems
EP  - 12
SP  - 1
VL  - 150
DO  - 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.02.001
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Korenić, Andrej and Perović, Slobodan and Ćirković, Milan M. and Miguel, Paul-Antoine",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Symmetry-based explanations using symmetry breaking (SB) as the key explanatory tool have complemented and replaced traditional causal explanations in various domains of physics. The process of spontaneous SB is now a mainstay of contemporary explanatory accounts of large chunks of condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, nonlinear dynamics, cosmology, and other disciplines. A wide range of empirical research into various phenomena related to symmetries and SB across biological scales has accumulated as well. Led by these results, we identify and explain some common features of the emergence, propagation, and cascading of SB-induced layers across the biosphere. These features are predicated on the thermodynamic openness and intrinsic functional incompleteness of the systems at stake and have not been systematically analyzed from a general philosophical and methodological perspective. We also consider possible continuity of SB across the physical and biological world and discuss the connection between Darwinism and SB-based analysis of the biosphere and its history.",
publisher = "Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology",
title = "Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems",
pages = "12-1",
volume = "150",
doi = "10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.02.001"
}

Korenić, A., Perović, S., Ćirković, M. M.,& Miguel, P.. (2020). Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems. in Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 150, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.02.001

Korenić A, Perović S, Ćirković MM, Miguel P. Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems. in Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology. 2020;150:1-12.
doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.02.001 .

Korenić, Andrej, Perović, Slobodan, Ćirković, Milan M., Miguel, Paul-Antoine, "Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems" in Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology, 150 (2020):1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.02.001 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2964
AB  - A long-standing debate on the causality of levels in biological explanations has divided philosophers into two camps. The reductionist camp insists on the causal primacy of lower, molecular levels, while the critics point out the inescapable shifting, reciprocity, and circularity of levels across biological explanations. We argue, however, that many explanations in biology do not exclusively draw their explanatory power from detailed insights into inter-level interactions; they predominantly require identifying the adequate levels of biological complexity to be explained. Moreover, the main explanatory strategies grounding both theoretical and experimental approaches to one of the central debates in contemporary biology, i.e., on the origin of life, are primarily and sometimes exclusively driven by issues concerning the levels of biochemical complexity, and these only subsequently frame more substantial and detailed accounts of inter-level biochemical interactions.
PB  - Rosenberg & Sellier, Turin
T2  - Rivista di Estetica
T1  - The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life
EP  - 67
IS  - 69
SP  - 54
DO  - 10.4000/estetica.3687
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2019",
abstract = "A long-standing debate on the causality of levels in biological explanations has divided philosophers into two camps. The reductionist camp insists on the causal primacy of lower, molecular levels, while the critics point out the inescapable shifting, reciprocity, and circularity of levels across biological explanations. We argue, however, that many explanations in biology do not exclusively draw their explanatory power from detailed insights into inter-level interactions; they predominantly require identifying the adequate levels of biological complexity to be explained. Moreover, the main explanatory strategies grounding both theoretical and experimental approaches to one of the central debates in contemporary biology, i.e., on the origin of life, are primarily and sometimes exclusively driven by issues concerning the levels of biochemical complexity, and these only subsequently frame more substantial and detailed accounts of inter-level biochemical interactions.",
publisher = "Rosenberg & Sellier, Turin",
journal = "Rivista di Estetica",
title = "The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life",
pages = "67-54",
number = "69",
doi = "10.4000/estetica.3687"
}

Perović, S.. (2019). The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life. in Rivista di Estetica
Rosenberg & Sellier, Turin.(69), 54-67.
https://doi.org/10.4000/estetica.3687

Perović S. The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life. in Rivista di Estetica. 2019;(69):54-67.
doi:10.4000/estetica.3687 .

Perović, Slobodan, "The complexity-based explanatory strategy, biological levels, and the origin of life" in Rivista di Estetica, no. 69 (2019):54-67,
https://doi.org/10.4000/estetica.3687 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2925
AB  - Identifying optimal ways of organizing exploration in particle physics mega-labs is a challenging task that requires a combination of case-based and formal epistemic approaches. Data-driven studies suggest that projects pursued by smaller master-teams (fewer members, fewer sub-teams) are substantially more efficient than larger ones across sciences, including experimental particle physics. Smaller teams also seem to make better project choices than larger, centralized teams. Yet the epistemic requirement of small, decentralized, and diverse teams contradicts the often emphasized and allegedly inescapable logic of discovery that forces physicists pursuing the fundamental levels of the physical world to perform centralized experiments in mega-labs at high energies. We explain, however, that this epistemic requirement could be met, since the nature of theoretical and physical constraints in high energy physics and the technological obstacles stemming from them turn out to be surprisingly open-ended.
PB  - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd
T2  - Filozofija i društvo
T1  - Team and project composition in big physics experiments
EP  - 542
IS  - 4
SP  - 535
VL  - 30
DO  - 10.2298//FID1904535P
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Identifying optimal ways of organizing exploration in particle physics mega-labs is a challenging task that requires a combination of case-based and formal epistemic approaches. Data-driven studies suggest that projects pursued by smaller master-teams (fewer members, fewer sub-teams) are substantially more efficient than larger ones across sciences, including experimental particle physics. Smaller teams also seem to make better project choices than larger, centralized teams. Yet the epistemic requirement of small, decentralized, and diverse teams contradicts the often emphasized and allegedly inescapable logic of discovery that forces physicists pursuing the fundamental levels of the physical world to perform centralized experiments in mega-labs at high energies. We explain, however, that this epistemic requirement could be met, since the nature of theoretical and physical constraints in high energy physics and the technological obstacles stemming from them turn out to be surprisingly open-ended.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd",
journal = "Filozofija i društvo",
title = "Team and project composition in big physics experiments",
pages = "542-535",
number = "4",
volume = "30",
doi = "10.2298//FID1904535P"
}

Perović, S.. (2019). Team and project composition in big physics experiments. in Filozofija i društvo
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd., 30(4), 535-542.
https://doi.org/10.2298//FID1904535P

Perović S. Team and project composition in big physics experiments. in Filozofija i društvo. 2019;30(4):535-542.
doi:10.2298//FID1904535P .

Perović, Slobodan, "Team and project composition in big physics experiments" in Filozofija i društvo, 30, no. 4 (2019):535-542,
https://doi.org/10.2298//FID1904535P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2783
AB  - Od 2010. godine nemogućnost replikacije eksperimentalnih rezultata (objavljenih u vodećim časopisima u oblasti) u velikom broju ponovljenih psiholoških eksperimenata počeo je sve više da se percipira kao metodološka kriza. Replikabilnost se generalno govoreći smatra za osnovni standard naučnog eksperimenta, oslanjajući se na uzorne klasične eksperimente u oblasti fizike. No uslovi replikabilnosti variraju zavisno od proučavanog fenomena i u samoj fizici, pa samim tim i kriterijumi adekvatnosti eksperimenta. Tri karakteristična primera eksperimenata koje analiziramo doveli su do tri različita epistemička stava u vezi adekvatnosti eksperimenata na osnovu replikabilnosti rezultata. Ti stavovi i konkretni primeri mogu biti relevantni u razumevanju prirode krize replikabilnosti u psihologiji.
AB  - Since 2010, the impossibility of replicating experimental results (published in leading journals in the field) in a number of repeated psychological experiments began to be increasingly perceived as a methodological crisis. Replicability is generally considered to be the basic standard of scientific experiments, modeled on exemplary classical experiments in the field of physics. But the conditions of replicability vary depending on the studied phenomenon in physics itself, and therefore the criteria for the adequacy of the experiment vary as well. Three characteristic examples of experiments we analyze led to three different epistemic attitudes of their adequacy based on the replicability of the results. We argue that these attitudes can be relevant in understanding the nature of the crisis of replicability in psychology.
PB  - Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd
T2  - Theoria
T1  - Kriza replikabilnosti rezultata u savremenoj eksperimentalnoj psihologiji u svetlu kriterijuma replikabilnosti u savremenoj fizici
T1  - Crisis of replicability of results in contemporary experimental psychology in the light of the criteria of replicability in contemporary physics
EP  - 76
IS  - 1
SP  - 69
VL  - 62
DO  - 10.2298/THEO1901069P
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Od 2010. godine nemogućnost replikacije eksperimentalnih rezultata (objavljenih u vodećim časopisima u oblasti) u velikom broju ponovljenih psiholoških eksperimenata počeo je sve više da se percipira kao metodološka kriza. Replikabilnost se generalno govoreći smatra za osnovni standard naučnog eksperimenta, oslanjajući se na uzorne klasične eksperimente u oblasti fizike. No uslovi replikabilnosti variraju zavisno od proučavanog fenomena i u samoj fizici, pa samim tim i kriterijumi adekvatnosti eksperimenta. Tri karakteristična primera eksperimenata koje analiziramo doveli su do tri različita epistemička stava u vezi adekvatnosti eksperimenata na osnovu replikabilnosti rezultata. Ti stavovi i konkretni primeri mogu biti relevantni u razumevanju prirode krize replikabilnosti u psihologiji., Since 2010, the impossibility of replicating experimental results (published in leading journals in the field) in a number of repeated psychological experiments began to be increasingly perceived as a methodological crisis. Replicability is generally considered to be the basic standard of scientific experiments, modeled on exemplary classical experiments in the field of physics. But the conditions of replicability vary depending on the studied phenomenon in physics itself, and therefore the criteria for the adequacy of the experiment vary as well. Three characteristic examples of experiments we analyze led to three different epistemic attitudes of their adequacy based on the replicability of the results. We argue that these attitudes can be relevant in understanding the nature of the crisis of replicability in psychology.",
publisher = "Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd",
journal = "Theoria",
title = "Kriza replikabilnosti rezultata u savremenoj eksperimentalnoj psihologiji u svetlu kriterijuma replikabilnosti u savremenoj fizici, Crisis of replicability of results in contemporary experimental psychology in the light of the criteria of replicability in contemporary physics",
pages = "76-69",
number = "1",
volume = "62",
doi = "10.2298/THEO1901069P"
}

Perović, S.. (2019). Kriza replikabilnosti rezultata u savremenoj eksperimentalnoj psihologiji u svetlu kriterijuma replikabilnosti u savremenoj fizici. in Theoria
Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd., 62(1), 69-76.
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1901069P

Perović S. Kriza replikabilnosti rezultata u savremenoj eksperimentalnoj psihologiji u svetlu kriterijuma replikabilnosti u savremenoj fizici. in Theoria. 2019;62(1):69-76.
doi:10.2298/THEO1901069P .

Perović, Slobodan, "Kriza replikabilnosti rezultata u savremenoj eksperimentalnoj psihologiji u svetlu kriterijuma replikabilnosti u savremenoj fizici" in Theoria, 62, no. 1 (2019):69-76,
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1901069P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2779
AB  - Filozofi su detaljno razmatrali stanovište neutralnog monizma kao generalnog okvira za objašnjenje domena fizičkih i mentalnih stanja, koji su inicijalno razvili Ernst Mah i Bertrand Rasel. Iako su ih filozofi zapostavili u svojim razmatranjima, takve ideje nalazimo takođe u ključnim razmatranjima nekih od fizičara pored Ernsta Maha, tvoraca kvante mehanike. Pokazaćemo da je Nils Bor, jedan od ključnih kreatora kvantne mehanike, zapravo postepeno izgradio u vidu svog principa komplementarnosti čestičnog i talasnog aspekta mikrofizičkih fenomena, eksperimentalno bazirano stanovište vrlo blisko Raselovom i Mahovom neutralnom monizmu.
AB  - Philosophers have substantially considered the key ideas of Neutral Monism, a philosophical view attempting to overcome the Mind/Body problem, as it was initially developed by Ernst Mach and Bertrand Russell. Yet similar ideas are also found in some key considerations of a few prominent physicists who developed quantum mechanics, although philosophers have neglected them. We will show that Niels Bohr's principle of complementarity (of the particle and wave aspects of microphysical phenomena) is a gradually developed and experimentally motivated account very close to Russell's and Mach's key ideas on Neutral Monism.
PB  - Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd
T2  - Theoria
T1  - Neutralni monizam u modernoj filozofiji i fizici
T1  - Neutral monism in modern philosophy and physics
EP  - 140
IS  - 2
SP  - 133
VL  - 62
DO  - 10.2298/THEO1902133P
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Filozofi su detaljno razmatrali stanovište neutralnog monizma kao generalnog okvira za objašnjenje domena fizičkih i mentalnih stanja, koji su inicijalno razvili Ernst Mah i Bertrand Rasel. Iako su ih filozofi zapostavili u svojim razmatranjima, takve ideje nalazimo takođe u ključnim razmatranjima nekih od fizičara pored Ernsta Maha, tvoraca kvante mehanike. Pokazaćemo da je Nils Bor, jedan od ključnih kreatora kvantne mehanike, zapravo postepeno izgradio u vidu svog principa komplementarnosti čestičnog i talasnog aspekta mikrofizičkih fenomena, eksperimentalno bazirano stanovište vrlo blisko Raselovom i Mahovom neutralnom monizmu., Philosophers have substantially considered the key ideas of Neutral Monism, a philosophical view attempting to overcome the Mind/Body problem, as it was initially developed by Ernst Mach and Bertrand Russell. Yet similar ideas are also found in some key considerations of a few prominent physicists who developed quantum mechanics, although philosophers have neglected them. We will show that Niels Bohr's principle of complementarity (of the particle and wave aspects of microphysical phenomena) is a gradually developed and experimentally motivated account very close to Russell's and Mach's key ideas on Neutral Monism.",
publisher = "Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd",
journal = "Theoria",
title = "Neutralni monizam u modernoj filozofiji i fizici, Neutral monism in modern philosophy and physics",
pages = "140-133",
number = "2",
volume = "62",
doi = "10.2298/THEO1902133P"
}

Perović, S.. (2019). Neutralni monizam u modernoj filozofiji i fizici. in Theoria
Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd., 62(2), 133-140.
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1902133P

Perović S. Neutralni monizam u modernoj filozofiji i fizici. in Theoria. 2019;62(2):133-140.
doi:10.2298/THEO1902133P .

Perović, Slobodan, "Neutralni monizam u modernoj filozofiji i fizici" in Theoria, 62, no. 2 (2019):133-140,
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1902133P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
AU  - Zorić, Aleksandra
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2494
AB  - Induktivne procedure su analizirane u filozofiji nauke uglavnom u vezi indukcije naučnih teorija na osnovu eksperimentalnih rezultata. U poslednjih par decenija u mnogim oblastima kompjuterske simulacije igraju istu ili dominantniju ulogu u odnosu na eksperimente. Modeli prirodnih fenomena se testiraju ili indukuju na osnovu rezultata simulacija, i tako obavljaju ulogu koju su dominantno u prošlosti obavljali eksperimenti. Postavlja se pitanje da li je i u kojoj meri tradicionalno filozofsko razumevanje induktivnog procesa, razvijeno u analizi odnosa eksperimenata i teorija, adekvatno primenljivo na razumevanje modela i simulacija. Takođe, dva tradicionalno formulisana pitanja koja proizilaze iz te dileme jesu da li postoji subdeterminacija modela rezultatima simulacija, analogna onoj u tradicionalnim eksperimentalnm istraživanjima, koja je bila predmet višedecenijske debate u filozofiji nauke, i da li su simulacije opterećene teorijom i na koji način.
AB  - In philosophy of science, inductive procedures have been predominantly analysed with respect to the induction of scientific theories based on the experimental and observational results. Over the last few decades computer simulations play as important, or even more dominant role compared to the experiments across scientific fields. Models of natural phenomena are tested and hypotheses induced based on the results of adequate simulations. They have gradually acquired importance in the scientific process traditionally reserved for experiments. We ask whether and to what extent philosophical understanding of the inductive process, as it has been traditionally developed through the analysis of scientific experiments and theories, can be properly applied to understanding such simulations. Another two classic questions posed by that dilemma are whether there is an underdetermination of simulated models by the results of simulations analogous to the one in traditional experimental research which was the subject of debate in the philosophy of science that lasted for decades, and whether simulations are theory laden.
PB  - Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd
T2  - Theoria
T1  - Indukcija i upotreba kompjuterskih simulacija u nauci
T1  - Induction and the Use of Computer Simulations in the Science
EP  - 71
IS  - 1
SP  - 59
VL  - 61
DO  - 10.2298/THEO1801059P
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan and Zorić, Aleksandra",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Induktivne procedure su analizirane u filozofiji nauke uglavnom u vezi indukcije naučnih teorija na osnovu eksperimentalnih rezultata. U poslednjih par decenija u mnogim oblastima kompjuterske simulacije igraju istu ili dominantniju ulogu u odnosu na eksperimente. Modeli prirodnih fenomena se testiraju ili indukuju na osnovu rezultata simulacija, i tako obavljaju ulogu koju su dominantno u prošlosti obavljali eksperimenti. Postavlja se pitanje da li je i u kojoj meri tradicionalno filozofsko razumevanje induktivnog procesa, razvijeno u analizi odnosa eksperimenata i teorija, adekvatno primenljivo na razumevanje modela i simulacija. Takođe, dva tradicionalno formulisana pitanja koja proizilaze iz te dileme jesu da li postoji subdeterminacija modela rezultatima simulacija, analogna onoj u tradicionalnim eksperimentalnm istraživanjima, koja je bila predmet višedecenijske debate u filozofiji nauke, i da li su simulacije opterećene teorijom i na koji način., In philosophy of science, inductive procedures have been predominantly analysed with respect to the induction of scientific theories based on the experimental and observational results. Over the last few decades computer simulations play as important, or even more dominant role compared to the experiments across scientific fields. Models of natural phenomena are tested and hypotheses induced based on the results of adequate simulations. They have gradually acquired importance in the scientific process traditionally reserved for experiments. We ask whether and to what extent philosophical understanding of the inductive process, as it has been traditionally developed through the analysis of scientific experiments and theories, can be properly applied to understanding such simulations. Another two classic questions posed by that dilemma are whether there is an underdetermination of simulated models by the results of simulations analogous to the one in traditional experimental research which was the subject of debate in the philosophy of science that lasted for decades, and whether simulations are theory laden.",
publisher = "Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd",
journal = "Theoria",
title = "Indukcija i upotreba kompjuterskih simulacija u nauci, Induction and the Use of Computer Simulations in the Science",
pages = "71-59",
number = "1",
volume = "61",
doi = "10.2298/THEO1801059P"
}

Perović, S.,& Zorić, A.. (2018). Indukcija i upotreba kompjuterskih simulacija u nauci. in Theoria
Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd., 61(1), 59-71.
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1801059P

Perović S, Zorić A. Indukcija i upotreba kompjuterskih simulacija u nauci. in Theoria. 2018;61(1):59-71.
doi:10.2298/THEO1801059P .

Perović, Slobodan, Zorić, Aleksandra, "Indukcija i upotreba kompjuterskih simulacija u nauci" in Theoria, 61, no. 1 (2018):59-71,
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1801059P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2500
AB  - Intrigantne ideje Robertana Rozena o formalizovanom okviru za razumevanje bioloških sistema razmatrane su u biologiji i kognitivnim naukama. Ipak, njegovo kruto razumevanje fizičkih stanja, a posebno kvantnih stanja, suštinski je nespojivo sa njegovim objašnjenjem bioloških stanja, što ne dopušta da se njegovo stanovište shvati kao opštiji ontološki okvir. Međutim, jedno suptilnije razumevanje kvantne mehanike koje ćemo razviti ostavlja prostor za relacionističko razumevanje fizičkih stanja u saglasnosti sa Rozenovim shvatanjem bioloških stanja.
AB  - Robert Rosen's intriguing ideas of a formalized framework to understand biological systems have been discussed across the life and cognitive sciences. Yet his crude account of physical states, quantum states in particular, seems to be irreconcilable with his account of biological states, thus preventing a pursuit of his framework as a general ontological account. A more subtle understanding of quantum states, however, leaves room for a relationalist understanding of physical states in general agreement with Rosen's framework of biological states.
PB  - Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd
T2  - Theoria
T1  - Relacionističko razumevanje bioloških stanja i kvantne mehanike Roberta Rozena
T1  - Robert Rosen's Relationalist understanding of biological states and quantum mechanics
EP  - 21
IS  - 3
SP  - 5
VL  - 61
DO  - 10.2298/THEO1803005P
ER  - 

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author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Intrigantne ideje Robertana Rozena o formalizovanom okviru za razumevanje bioloških sistema razmatrane su u biologiji i kognitivnim naukama. Ipak, njegovo kruto razumevanje fizičkih stanja, a posebno kvantnih stanja, suštinski je nespojivo sa njegovim objašnjenjem bioloških stanja, što ne dopušta da se njegovo stanovište shvati kao opštiji ontološki okvir. Međutim, jedno suptilnije razumevanje kvantne mehanike koje ćemo razviti ostavlja prostor za relacionističko razumevanje fizičkih stanja u saglasnosti sa Rozenovim shvatanjem bioloških stanja., Robert Rosen's intriguing ideas of a formalized framework to understand biological systems have been discussed across the life and cognitive sciences. Yet his crude account of physical states, quantum states in particular, seems to be irreconcilable with his account of biological states, thus preventing a pursuit of his framework as a general ontological account. A more subtle understanding of quantum states, however, leaves room for a relationalist understanding of physical states in general agreement with Rosen's framework of biological states.",
publisher = "Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd",
journal = "Theoria",
title = "Relacionističko razumevanje bioloških stanja i kvantne mehanike Roberta Rozena, Robert Rosen's Relationalist understanding of biological states and quantum mechanics",
pages = "21-5",
number = "3",
volume = "61",
doi = "10.2298/THEO1803005P"
}

Perović, S.. (2018). Relacionističko razumevanje bioloških stanja i kvantne mehanike Roberta Rozena. in Theoria
Srpsko filozofsko društvo, Beograd., 61(3), 5-21.
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1803005P

Perović S. Relacionističko razumevanje bioloških stanja i kvantne mehanike Roberta Rozena. in Theoria. 2018;61(3):5-21.
doi:10.2298/THEO1803005P .

Perović, Slobodan, "Relacionističko razumevanje bioloških stanja i kvantne mehanike Roberta Rozena" in Theoria, 61, no. 3 (2018):5-21,
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO1803005P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2677
AB  - The organization of cutting-edge HEP laboratories has evolved in the intersection of academia, state agencies, and industry. Exponentially ever larger and more complex knowledge-intensive operations, the laboratories have often faced the challenges of, and required organizational solutions similar to, those identified by a cluster of diverse theories falling under the larger heading of organization theory. The cluster has either shaped or accounted for the organization of industry and state administration. The theories also apply to HEP laboratories, as they have gradually and uniquely hybridized their principles and solutions. Yet scholarship has virtually ignored this linkage and has almost exclusively focused on the laboratories'presumably unique egalitarian organizational aspects. Guided by the principles developed in the organization theory cluster, we identify the basic organizational features of HEP laboratories in relation to their pursuit of narrow and broad epistemic goals. We also provide a set of criteria and methods for assessing the efficiency of the identified organizational features in achieving such goals.
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2  - Social Epistemology
T1  - Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories
EP  - 261
IS  - 4
SP  - 241
VL  - 32
DO  - 10.1080/02691728.2018.1466933
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The organization of cutting-edge HEP laboratories has evolved in the intersection of academia, state agencies, and industry. Exponentially ever larger and more complex knowledge-intensive operations, the laboratories have often faced the challenges of, and required organizational solutions similar to, those identified by a cluster of diverse theories falling under the larger heading of organization theory. The cluster has either shaped or accounted for the organization of industry and state administration. The theories also apply to HEP laboratories, as they have gradually and uniquely hybridized their principles and solutions. Yet scholarship has virtually ignored this linkage and has almost exclusively focused on the laboratories'presumably unique egalitarian organizational aspects. Guided by the principles developed in the organization theory cluster, we identify the basic organizational features of HEP laboratories in relation to their pursuit of narrow and broad epistemic goals. We also provide a set of criteria and methods for assessing the efficiency of the identified organizational features in achieving such goals.",
publisher = "Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon",
journal = "Social Epistemology",
title = "Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories",
pages = "261-241",
number = "4",
volume = "32",
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Perović, S.. (2018). Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories. in Social Epistemology
Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 32(4), 241-261.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2018.1466933

Perović S. Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories. in Social Epistemology. 2018;32(4):241-261.
doi:10.1080/02691728.2018.1466933 .

Perović, Slobodan, "Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics (HEP) Laboratories" in Social Epistemology, 32, no. 4 (2018):241-261,
https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2018.1466933 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ćirković, Milan M.
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2666
AB  - We historically trace various non-conventional explanations for the origin of the cosmic microwave background and discuss their merit, while analyzing the dynamics of their rejection, as well as the relevant physical and methodological reasons for it. It turns out that there have been many such unorthodox interpretations; not only those developed in the context of theories rejecting the relativistic ("Big Bang") paradigm entirely (e.g., by Alfven, Hoyle and Narlikar) but also those coming from the camp of original thinkers firmly entrenched in the relativistic milieu (e.g., by Rees, Ellis, Rowan-Robinson, Layzer and Hively). In fact, the orthodox interpretation has only incrementally won out against the alternatives over the course of the three decades of its multi-stage development. While on the whole, none of the alternatives to the hot Big Bang scenario is persuasive today, we discuss the epistemic ramifications of establishing orthodoxy and eliminating alternatives in science, an issue recently discussed by philosophers and historians of science for other areas of physics. Finally, we single out some plausible and possibly fruitful ideas offered by the alternatives.
PB  - Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
T1  - Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective
EP  - 18
SP  - 1
VL  - 62
DO  - 10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.04.005
ER  - 

@article{
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year = "2018",
abstract = "We historically trace various non-conventional explanations for the origin of the cosmic microwave background and discuss their merit, while analyzing the dynamics of their rejection, as well as the relevant physical and methodological reasons for it. It turns out that there have been many such unorthodox interpretations; not only those developed in the context of theories rejecting the relativistic ("Big Bang") paradigm entirely (e.g., by Alfven, Hoyle and Narlikar) but also those coming from the camp of original thinkers firmly entrenched in the relativistic milieu (e.g., by Rees, Ellis, Rowan-Robinson, Layzer and Hively). In fact, the orthodox interpretation has only incrementally won out against the alternatives over the course of the three decades of its multi-stage development. While on the whole, none of the alternatives to the hot Big Bang scenario is persuasive today, we discuss the epistemic ramifications of establishing orthodoxy and eliminating alternatives in science, an issue recently discussed by philosophers and historians of science for other areas of physics. Finally, we single out some plausible and possibly fruitful ideas offered by the alternatives.",
publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics",
title = "Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective",
pages = "18-1",
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Ćirković, M. M.,& Perović, S.. (2018). Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective. in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford., 62, 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.04.005

Ćirković MM, Perović S. Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective. in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 2018;62:1-18.
doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.04.005 .

Ćirković, Milan M., Perović, Slobodan, "Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective" in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 62 (2018):1-18,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.04.005 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2455
AB  - H. Collins has challenged the empiricist understanding of experimentation by identifying what he thinks constitutes the experimenter's regress: an instrument is deemed good because it produces good results, and vice versa. The calibration of an instrument cannot alone validate the results: the regressive circling is broken by an agreement essentially external to experimental procedures. In response, A. Franklin has argued that calibration is a key reasonable strategy physicists use to validate production of results independently of their interpretation. The physicists' arguments about the merits of calibration are not coextensive with the interpretation of results, and thus an objective validation of results is possible. I argue, however, that the in-situ calibrating and measurement procedures and parameters at the Large Hadron Collider are closely and systematically interrelated. This requires empiricists to question their insistence on the independence of calibration from the outcomes of the experiment and rethink their position. Yet this does not leave the case of in-situ calibration open to the experimenter's regress argument; it is predicated on too crude a view of the relationship between calibration and measurement that fails to capture crucial subtleties of the case.
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht
T2  - Synthese
T1  - Experimenter's regress argument, empiricism, and the calibration of the large hadron collider
EP  - 332
IS  - 2
SP  - 313
VL  - 194
DO  - 10.1007/s11229-015-0749-6
ER  - 

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author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2017",
abstract = "H. Collins has challenged the empiricist understanding of experimentation by identifying what he thinks constitutes the experimenter's regress: an instrument is deemed good because it produces good results, and vice versa. The calibration of an instrument cannot alone validate the results: the regressive circling is broken by an agreement essentially external to experimental procedures. In response, A. Franklin has argued that calibration is a key reasonable strategy physicists use to validate production of results independently of their interpretation. The physicists' arguments about the merits of calibration are not coextensive with the interpretation of results, and thus an objective validation of results is possible. I argue, however, that the in-situ calibrating and measurement procedures and parameters at the Large Hadron Collider are closely and systematically interrelated. This requires empiricists to question their insistence on the independence of calibration from the outcomes of the experiment and rethink their position. Yet this does not leave the case of in-situ calibration open to the experimenter's regress argument; it is predicated on too crude a view of the relationship between calibration and measurement that fails to capture crucial subtleties of the case.",
publisher = "Springer, Dordrecht",
journal = "Synthese",
title = "Experimenter's regress argument, empiricism, and the calibration of the large hadron collider",
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volume = "194",
doi = "10.1007/s11229-015-0749-6"
}

Perović, S.. (2017). Experimenter's regress argument, empiricism, and the calibration of the large hadron collider. in Synthese
Springer, Dordrecht., 194(2), 313-332.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0749-6

Perović S. Experimenter's regress argument, empiricism, and the calibration of the large hadron collider. in Synthese. 2017;194(2):313-332.
doi:10.1007/s11229-015-0749-6 .

Perović, Slobodan, "Experimenter's regress argument, empiricism, and the calibration of the large hadron collider" in Synthese, 194, no. 2 (2017):313-332,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0749-6 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
AU  - Radovanović, Sandro
AU  - Sikimić, Vlasta
AU  - Berber, Andrea
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2149
AB  - We employ data envelopment analysis on a series of experiments performed in Fermilab, one of the major high-energy physics laboratories in the world, in order to test their efficiency (as measured by publication and citation rates) in terms of variations of team size, number of teams per experiment, and completion time. We present the results and analyze them, focusing in particular on inherent connections between quantitative team composition and diversity, and discuss them in relation to other factors contributing to scientific production in a wider sense. Our results concur with the results of other studies across the sciences showing that smaller research teams are more productive, and with the conjecture on curvilinear dependence of team size and efficiency.
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht
T2  - Scientometrics
T1  - Optimal research team composition: data envelopment analysis of Fermilab experiments
EP  - 111
IS  - 1
SP  - 83
VL  - 108
DO  - 10.1007/s11192-016-1947-9
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan and Radovanović, Sandro and Sikimić, Vlasta and Berber, Andrea",
year = "2016",
abstract = "We employ data envelopment analysis on a series of experiments performed in Fermilab, one of the major high-energy physics laboratories in the world, in order to test their efficiency (as measured by publication and citation rates) in terms of variations of team size, number of teams per experiment, and completion time. We present the results and analyze them, focusing in particular on inherent connections between quantitative team composition and diversity, and discuss them in relation to other factors contributing to scientific production in a wider sense. Our results concur with the results of other studies across the sciences showing that smaller research teams are more productive, and with the conjecture on curvilinear dependence of team size and efficiency.",
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journal = "Scientometrics",
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Perović, S., Radovanović, S., Sikimić, V.,& Berber, A.. (2016). Optimal research team composition: data envelopment analysis of Fermilab experiments. in Scientometrics
Springer, Dordrecht., 108(1), 83-111.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-1947-9

Perović S, Radovanović S, Sikimić V, Berber A. Optimal research team composition: data envelopment analysis of Fermilab experiments. in Scientometrics. 2016;108(1):83-111.
doi:10.1007/s11192-016-1947-9 .

Perović, Slobodan, Radovanović, Sandro, Sikimić, Vlasta, Berber, Andrea, "Optimal research team composition: data envelopment analysis of Fermilab experiments" in Scientometrics, 108, no. 1 (2016):83-111,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-1947-9 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Franklin, A.
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2015
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2010
PB  - Universidad del Pais Vasco
T2  - Theoria (Spain)
T1  - Editors' introduction
EP  - 162
IS  - 2
SP  - 161
VL  - 30
DO  - 10.1387/theoria.14402
ER  - 

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author = "Franklin, A. and Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2015",
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title = "Editors' introduction",
pages = "162-161",
number = "2",
volume = "30",
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Franklin, A.,& Perović, S.. (2015). Editors' introduction. in Theoria (Spain)
Universidad del Pais Vasco., 30(2), 161-162.
https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.14402

Franklin A, Perović S. Editors' introduction. in Theoria (Spain). 2015;30(2):161-162.
doi:10.1387/theoria.14402 .

Franklin, A., Perović, Slobodan, "Editors' introduction" in Theoria (Spain), 30, no. 2 (2015):161-162,
https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.14402 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2014
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1783
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2  - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
T1  - Causation and Its Basis in Fundamental Physics
EP  - 349
IS  - 3
SP  - 347
VL  - 28
DO  - 10.1080/02698595.2014.953347
ER  - 

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author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2014",
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pages = "349-347",
number = "3",
volume = "28",
doi = "10.1080/02698595.2014.953347"
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Perović, S.. (2014). Causation and Its Basis in Fundamental Physics. in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 28(3), 347-349.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2014.953347

Perović S. Causation and Its Basis in Fundamental Physics. in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 2014;28(3):347-349.
doi:10.1080/02698595.2014.953347 .

Perović, Slobodan, "Causation and Its Basis in Fundamental Physics" in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 28, no. 3 (2014):347-349,
https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2014.953347 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2013
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1744
AB  - Razmatram dve upotrebe koncepta morfogenetskog polja, koji je figurirao u biologiji 19. veka motivisan specifičnim ontološkim pristupima tog vremena, koji se nanovo pojavljuje i sve je relevantniji u objašnjenjima mikrobioloških fenomena. Takođe razmatram odnos ovih upotreba prema 'Centralnoj dogmi' moderne biologije, kao i prema Modernoj sinteze Darvinizma i moderne genetike. Tzv. indukovano morfogenetsko polje je rezultat određenih fizičkih sila (npr. gravitacionog polja), ili stečenih fizičkih karakteristika (npr. viskozno-elastičnog) polja. Takvo morfogenetsko polje predstavlja samo slab izazov Centralnoj dogma i Modernoj sintezi time što indirektno, iako značajno, ograničava varijabilnost na molekularnom nivou. Nakon toga se fokusiram na objašnjenja koja uvode strukturalno nasleđivanje u ciliatnim protozoama, kao i na eksperimentalnu evidenciju na kojima se zasniva ovakav pristup. Globalno ćelijsko morfogenetsko polje je jedinica takvog nasleđa. Diskutujem relevantne slučajeve strukturalnog nasleđa u ciliatima koje dovodi do unutrašnjih, kao i funkcionalnih promena i ističem da DNK nije prisutan u korteksu, niti da ima RNK kontrolu, na lokalnom ili globalnom nivou polja. Saznanja o poznatim fizičkim poljima mogu unaprediti takva objašnjenja i razumevanje morfogenetskog polja kao jedinice razvoja i nasleđivanja.
AB  - I discuss two uses of the concept of the morphogenetic field, a tool of the 19th century biology motivated by particular ontological views of the time, which has been re-emerging and increasingly relevant in explaining microbiological phenomena. I also consider the relation of these uses to the Central Dogma of modern biology as well as Modern Synthesis of Darwinism and genetics. An induced morphogenetic field is determined by a physical (e.g., gravitational) field, or it acquires a physical (e.g., visco-elastic) field's characteristics. Such a morphogenetic field presents only a weak challenge to the Central Dogma of Modern Synthesis by indirectly, albeit severely, constraining variability at the molecular level. I discuss explanations that introduce structural inheritance in ciliate protozoa, as well as the experimental evidence on which these arguments are based. The global cellular morphogenetic field is a unit of such inheritance. I discuss relevant cases of structural inheritance in ciliates that bring about internal cellular as well as functional changes and point out that DNA is absent in the cortex and that RNA controls neither intermediary nor the global level of the field. I go on to argue that utilizing knowledge of known physical fields may advance explanations and understanding of the morphogenetic field in ciliates as the unit of both development and inheritance.
PB  - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd
T2  - Filozofija i društvo
T1  - Oživljavanje koncepta morfogenetskog polja u objašnjenjima u biologiji
T1  - The rebirth of the morphogenetic field as an explanatory tool in biology
EP  - 198
IS  - 4
SP  - 181
VL  - 24
DO  - 10.2298/FID1304181P
ER  - 

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year = "2013",
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publisher = "Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd",
journal = "Filozofija i društvo",
title = "Oživljavanje koncepta morfogenetskog polja u objašnjenjima u biologiji, The rebirth of the morphogenetic field as an explanatory tool in biology",
pages = "198-181",
number = "4",
volume = "24",
doi = "10.2298/FID1304181P"
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Perović, S.. (2013). Oživljavanje koncepta morfogenetskog polja u objašnjenjima u biologiji. in Filozofija i društvo
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd., 24(4), 181-198.
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1304181P

Perović S. Oživljavanje koncepta morfogenetskog polja u objašnjenjima u biologiji. in Filozofija i društvo. 2013;24(4):181-198.
doi:10.2298/FID1304181P .

Perović, Slobodan, "Oživljavanje koncepta morfogenetskog polja u objašnjenjima u biologiji" in Filozofija i društvo, 24, no. 4 (2013):181-198,
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1304181P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2013
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1627
AB  - I argue that instead of a rather narrow focus on N. Bohr's account of complementarity as a particular and perhaps obscure metaphysical or epistemological concept (or as being motivated by such a concept), we should consider it to result from pursuing a particular method of studying physical phenomena. More precisely, I identify a strong undercurrent of Baconian method of induction in Bohr's work that likely emerged during his experimental training and practice. When its development is analyzed in light of Baconian induction, complementarity emerges as a levelheaded rather than a controversial account, carefully elicited from a comprehensive grasp of the available experimental basis, shunning hasty metaphysically motivated generalizations based on partial experimental evidence. In fact, Bohr's insistence on the "classical" nature of observations in experiments, as well as the counterintuitive synthesis of wave and particle concepts that have puzzled scholars, seem a natural outcome (an updated instance) of the inductive method. Such analysis clarifies the intricacies of early Schrodingers critique of the account as well as Bohr's response, which have been misinterpreted in the literature. If adequate, the analysis may lend considerable support to the view that Bacon explicated the general terms of an experimentally minded strand of the scientific method, developed and refined by scientists in the following three centuries.
PB  - Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
T1  - Emergence of complementarity and the Baconian roots of Niels Bohr's method
EP  - 173
IS  - 3
SP  - 162
VL  - 44
DO  - 10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.05.002
ER  - 

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author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2013",
abstract = "I argue that instead of a rather narrow focus on N. Bohr's account of complementarity as a particular and perhaps obscure metaphysical or epistemological concept (or as being motivated by such a concept), we should consider it to result from pursuing a particular method of studying physical phenomena. More precisely, I identify a strong undercurrent of Baconian method of induction in Bohr's work that likely emerged during his experimental training and practice. When its development is analyzed in light of Baconian induction, complementarity emerges as a levelheaded rather than a controversial account, carefully elicited from a comprehensive grasp of the available experimental basis, shunning hasty metaphysically motivated generalizations based on partial experimental evidence. In fact, Bohr's insistence on the "classical" nature of observations in experiments, as well as the counterintuitive synthesis of wave and particle concepts that have puzzled scholars, seem a natural outcome (an updated instance) of the inductive method. Such analysis clarifies the intricacies of early Schrodingers critique of the account as well as Bohr's response, which have been misinterpreted in the literature. If adequate, the analysis may lend considerable support to the view that Bacon explicated the general terms of an experimentally minded strand of the scientific method, developed and refined by scientists in the following three centuries.",
publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics",
title = "Emergence of complementarity and the Baconian roots of Niels Bohr's method",
pages = "173-162",
number = "3",
volume = "44",
doi = "10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.05.002"
}

Perović, S.. (2013). Emergence of complementarity and the Baconian roots of Niels Bohr's method. in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford., 44(3), 162-173.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.05.002

Perović S. Emergence of complementarity and the Baconian roots of Niels Bohr's method. in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 2013;44(3):162-173.
doi:10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.05.002 .

Perović, Slobodan, "Emergence of complementarity and the Baconian roots of Niels Bohr's method" in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 44, no. 3 (2013):162-173,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.05.002 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2013
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1620
AB  - J. Woodward and S. Schindler agree that experimentation being motivated / driven by the theory it tests (Tt) is an epistemically benign form of theory-ladenness (TL). Despite their agreement, they describe two distinct forms of tested- theory drivenness (TD). I argue that TD Schindler describes is a particularly severe form of TL. I label it strong TD. It kicks in early in the measurement during the operation of the apparatus, preceding the stages at which inferences on the status of the observed phenomena are made. I briefly present a classical toy-case as an instance. The elimination of strong TD by calibrating the instrument based on a different operational theory is arguably accomplishable in the toy-case. Strong TD, however, is ubiquitous in particle physics where, contrary to what A. Franklin and Woodward argue, the experimental environment prevents calibration from eliminating it. Instead, a strategy of incrementally widening experimental loop confronts the problem, e.g. in the discovery of J/Ψ particle. I discuss why the context of the particle physics experiments is conducive to this strategy, whether it eliminates strong TD, and whether it remains a genuine epistemic problem within such a context. Weak TD as sketched by Woodward involves P being predicted by Tt or P being deemed an important physical value as the motivation for performing measurement of P. It is not a form of TL in a traditional sense, but in the context of experimentation in particle physics, I argue that it is an acute socio-epistemic problem, perhaps more acute than the possibility of TL.
PB  - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd
T2  - Belgrade Philosophical Annual
T1  - Theory driven experimentation in particle physics
EP  - 63
IS  - 26
SP  - 51
DO  - 10.5937/BPA1326051P
ER  - 

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author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2013",
abstract = "J. Woodward and S. Schindler agree that experimentation being motivated / driven by the theory it tests (Tt) is an epistemically benign form of theory-ladenness (TL). Despite their agreement, they describe two distinct forms of tested- theory drivenness (TD). I argue that TD Schindler describes is a particularly severe form of TL. I label it strong TD. It kicks in early in the measurement during the operation of the apparatus, preceding the stages at which inferences on the status of the observed phenomena are made. I briefly present a classical toy-case as an instance. The elimination of strong TD by calibrating the instrument based on a different operational theory is arguably accomplishable in the toy-case. Strong TD, however, is ubiquitous in particle physics where, contrary to what A. Franklin and Woodward argue, the experimental environment prevents calibration from eliminating it. Instead, a strategy of incrementally widening experimental loop confronts the problem, e.g. in the discovery of J/Ψ particle. I discuss why the context of the particle physics experiments is conducive to this strategy, whether it eliminates strong TD, and whether it remains a genuine epistemic problem within such a context. Weak TD as sketched by Woodward involves P being predicted by Tt or P being deemed an important physical value as the motivation for performing measurement of P. It is not a form of TL in a traditional sense, but in the context of experimentation in particle physics, I argue that it is an acute socio-epistemic problem, perhaps more acute than the possibility of TL.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd",
journal = "Belgrade Philosophical Annual",
title = "Theory driven experimentation in particle physics",
pages = "63-51",
number = "26",
doi = "10.5937/BPA1326051P"
}

Perović, S.. (2013). Theory driven experimentation in particle physics. in Belgrade Philosophical Annual
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd.(26), 51-63.
https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA1326051P

Perović S. Theory driven experimentation in particle physics. in Belgrade Philosophical Annual. 2013;(26):51-63.
doi:10.5937/BPA1326051P .

Perović, Slobodan, "Theory driven experimentation in particle physics" in Belgrade Philosophical Annual, no. 26 (2013):51-63,
https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA1326051P . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perović, Slobodan
PY  - 2012
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1453
AB  - Michael Strevens develops kairetic account of causal explanations as a brand of explanatory reductionism. He argues that explanations in higher-level sciences are complete (stand-alone) only because they can be potentially deepened-that is, added kernels of causal processes all the way down to the level of micro-physical relations. Thus, they are, in essence, the result of abstraction from deeper causal explanatory levels. I argue that Strevens's discussion of the notion of depth in science is limited to a very narrow domain, the boundaries of which are determined by a simplistic amalgam of science textbook and everyday cases analyzed by means of rational metaphysics. In contrast to his view, history of scientific practice shows that scientific explanations are typically bounded within a level and do not draw their viability from their potential for lower-level explanatory deepening. Moreover, a result of such deepening of higher-level explanations produces changes and refinements much more complex than Strevens's account assumes.
PB  - Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
T2  - Philosophy of the Social Sciences
T1  - Seeking Depth in Science
EP  - 572
IS  - 4
SP  - 561
VL  - 42
DO  - 10.1177/0048393110386707
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perović, Slobodan",
year = "2012",
abstract = "Michael Strevens develops kairetic account of causal explanations as a brand of explanatory reductionism. He argues that explanations in higher-level sciences are complete (stand-alone) only because they can be potentially deepened-that is, added kernels of causal processes all the way down to the level of micro-physical relations. Thus, they are, in essence, the result of abstraction from deeper causal explanatory levels. I argue that Strevens's discussion of the notion of depth in science is limited to a very narrow domain, the boundaries of which are determined by a simplistic amalgam of science textbook and everyday cases analyzed by means of rational metaphysics. In contrast to his view, history of scientific practice shows that scientific explanations are typically bounded within a level and do not draw their viability from their potential for lower-level explanatory deepening. Moreover, a result of such deepening of higher-level explanations produces changes and refinements much more complex than Strevens's account assumes.",
publisher = "Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks",
journal = "Philosophy of the Social Sciences",
title = "Seeking Depth in Science",
pages = "572-561",
number = "4",
volume = "42",
doi = "10.1177/0048393110386707"
}

Perović, S.. (2012). Seeking Depth in Science. in Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks., 42(4), 561-572.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393110386707

Perović S. Seeking Depth in Science. in Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 2012;42(4):561-572.
doi:10.1177/0048393110386707 .

Perović, Slobodan, "Seeking Depth in Science" in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 42, no. 4 (2012):561-572,
https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393110386707 . .