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Humboldt, Darwin, and theory of evolution
(History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 2022)
Numerous authors have examined the influence of other thinkers on Darwin’s formulation
of some of the key concepts of the theory of evolution. Amongst those,
Alexander von Humboldt often stands out – a scholar who, ...
Symmetry breaking and functional incompleteness in biological systems
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2020)
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 ...
Transitivity and Humeanism about Laws
(Institut za Filozofiju, Zagreb, 2023)
Humeanism about laws has been famously accused of the explanatory circularity by David Armstrong and Tim Maudlin, since the Humean laws hold in virtue of their instances and, at the same time, scientifically explain those ...