Andrew Bollhagen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5993611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Bollhagen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Bollhagen |
| SIGNATURE | BOLLHAGEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7151-1084 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The entanglement of individuation and explanation in the discovery of xenogastrulation
This paper analyzes an episode of scientific work that was prompted by observations of a novel defect in early embryonic development, which was unexpectedly induced in an experimental context and has tentatively been dubbed "xenogastrulation." The researchers worked to individuate this as a novel phenomenon-both by distinguishing it from what it is not (e.g., exogastrulation) and by forming a positive conception of what it is-in order to facilita…
Discovering autoinhibition as a design principle for the control of biological mechanisms
Autoinhibition is a design principle realized in many molecular mechanisms in biology. After explicating the notion of a design principle and showing that autoinhibition is such a principle, we focus on how researchers discovered instances of autoinhibition, using research establishing the autoinhibition of the molecular motors kinesin and dynein as our case study. Research on kinesin and dynein began in the fashion described in accounts of mecha…
Hempel’s Raven Revisited
The paper takes a novel approach to a classic problem—Hempel’s Raven Paradox. A standard approach to it supposes the solution to consist in bringing our inductive logic into “reflective equilibrium” with our intuitive judgements about which inductive inferences we should license. This approach leaves the intuitions as a kind of black box and takes it on faith that, whatever the structure of the intuitions inside that box might be, it is one for w…
Active biological mechanisms
Unless one embraces activities as foundational, understanding activities in mechanisms requires an account of the means by which entities in biological mechanisms engage in their activities—an account that does not merely explain activities in terms of more basic entities and activities. Recent biological research on molecular motors (myosin and kinesin) exemplifies such an account, one that explains activities in terms of free energy and constra…
Active biological mechanisms
Unless one embraces activities as foundational, understanding activities in mechanisms requires an account of the means by which entities in biological mechanisms engage in their activities—an account that does not merely explain activities in terms of more basic entities and activities. Recent biological research on molecular motors (myosin and kinesin) exemplifies such an account, one that explains activities in terms of free energy and constra…
Hempel’s Raven Revisited
The paper takes a novel approach to a classic problem—Hempel’s Raven Paradox. A standard approach to it supposes the solution to consist in bringing our inductive logic into “reflective equilibrium” with our intuitive judgements about which inductive inferences we should license. This approach leaves the intuitions as a kind of black box and takes it on faith that, whatever the structure of the intuitions inside that box might be, it is one for w…
Active biological mechanisms
Unless one embraces activities as foundational, understanding activities in mechanisms requires an account of the means by which entities in biological mechanisms engage in their activities—an account that does not merely explain activities in terms of more basic entities and activities. Recent biological research on molecular motors (myosin and kinesin) exemplifies such an account, one that explains activities in terms of free energy and constra…
Discovering autoinhibition as a design principle for the control of biological mechanisms
Autoinhibition is a design principle realized in many molecular mechanisms in biology. After explicating the notion of a design principle and showing that autoinhibition is such a principle, we focus on how researchers discovered instances of autoinhibition, using research establishing the autoinhibition of the molecular motors kinesin and dynein as our case study. Research on kinesin and dynein began in the fashion described in accounts of mecha…
The entanglement of individuation and explanation in the discovery of xenogastrulation
This paper analyzes an episode of scientific work that was prompted by observations of a novel defect in early embryonic development, which was unexpectedly induced in an experimental context and has tentatively been dubbed "xenogastrulation." The researchers worked to individuate this as a novel phenomenon-both by distinguishing it from what it is not (e.g., exogastrulation) and by forming a positive conception of what it is-in order to facilita…
Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Microtubule (2 works) · Phenomenon (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Analytic philosophy (1 work)