Brian Mcloone
Biographic Data
| ID | 1056199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Mcloone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcloone |
| SIGNATURE | MCLOONE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2622-4104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How to Think about Indirect Confirmation
R.A. Fisher, indeterminism, and the fundamental theorem of natural selection
Counterpossibles in science
Natural Selection's Explanatory Scope
There are ongoing debates in philosophy of biology about what falls within natural selection's explanatory scope. These include debates about whether selection can explain individual‐level traits, the extent to which selection can explain distributions of trait frequencies, and whether selection can explain the origin of novel traits. Here I'll survey these debates, suggest which views seem most plausible, and describe some useful conceptual fram…
Calculus and counterpossibles in science
Population and organismal perspectives on trait origins
Thumper the Infinitesimal Rabbit
Fictionalists believe that scientific models are about model systems that are imaginary. Michael Weisberg has claimed that fictionalism is indefensible because many scientific models are about model systems that are unimaginable. According to a certain account of imagination, what Weisberg says is plausible. According to another, more defensible account of imagination, it is not. I discuss these issues within the context of an allegedly unimagina…
Selection explanations of token traits
Calculus and counterpossibles in science
Thumper the Infinitesimal Rabbit
Fictionalists believe that scientific models are about model systems that are imaginary. Michael Weisberg has claimed that fictionalism is indefensible because many scientific models are about model systems that are unimaginable. According to a certain account of imagination, what Weisberg says is plausible. According to another, more defensible account of imagination, it is not. I discuss these issues within the context of an allegedly unimagina…
Population and organismal perspectives on trait origins
Selection explanations of token traits
Counterpossibles in science
Selection explanations of token traits
Thumper the Infinitesimal Rabbit
Fictionalists believe that scientific models are about model systems that are imaginary. Michael Weisberg has claimed that fictionalism is indefensible because many scientific models are about model systems that are unimaginable. According to a certain account of imagination, what Weisberg says is plausible. According to another, more defensible account of imagination, it is not. I discuss these issues within the context of an allegedly unimagina…
Population and organismal perspectives on trait origins
Calculus and counterpossibles in science
Natural Selection's Explanatory Scope
There are ongoing debates in philosophy of biology about what falls within natural selection's explanatory scope. These include debates about whether selection can explain individual‐level traits, the extent to which selection can explain distributions of trait frequencies, and whether selection can explain the origin of novel traits. Here I'll survey these debates, suggest which views seem most plausible, and describe some useful conceptual fram…
Counterpossibles in science
R.A. Fisher, indeterminism, and the fundamental theorem of natural selection
How to Think about Indirect Confirmation
Philosophy and History of Science (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (6 works) · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works)