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On Models in the Experimental Sciences With Examples from the Early History of Molecular Biology
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The concept of “model” in the sciences encompasses many meanings and facets, making it essential to define the context in which the term is used. In this lecture, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger will focus on one specific context: empirical experimentation. He will begin by outlining a basic framework for conceptualizing scientific experimentation and then explore how modeling fits within this structure. To illustrate these ideas, he will draw on examples from the early history of molecular biology.
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger is a historian of science and molecular biologist. From 1997-2014, he was director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. He studied philosophy, linguistics, and biology, and earned an MA in philosophy (1973) as well as a doctorate (1982) and habilitation (1987) in molecular biology. He held professorships in both biology and history of science.
His most important books include: Experiment, Differenz, Schrift (Marburg, 1992), Toward a History of Epistemic Things (Stanford, 1997), On Historicizing Epistemology (Stanford, 2010), An Epistemology of the Concrete, (Durham, 2010), with Staffan Müller-Wille, A Cultural History of Heredity (Chicago 2012), and Split and Splice (Chicago, 2023).
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