The Structure and Function of Experimental Control in the Life Sciences

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10706331
AutoresJutta Schickore (0000-0003-0275-4175, Indiana University Bloomington, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen86
Número2
Páginas203-218
Fecha de publicación2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophy of Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/701952
OpenAlexW2904339507
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas31

This article presents a new framework for the analysis of experimental control. The framework highlights different functions for experimental controls in the realization of an experiment: experimental controls that serve as tests and experimental controls that serve as probes. The approach to experimental control proposed here can illuminate the constitutive role of controls in knowledge production, and it sheds new light on the notion of exploratory experimentation. It also clarifies what can and what cannot be expected from reviewers of scientific journal articles giving feedback on experimental controls

Biology · Control (management) · Epistemology · Experimental data · Experimental research · Function (biology) · Mathematics education · Realization (probability) · Statistics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Gene Regulatory Network Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology