Atanasova, Nina (2015) Validating Animal Models. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 30 (2). pp. 163-181. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper responds to a recent challenge for the validity of extrapolation of neurobiological knowledge from laboratory animals to humans. According to this challenge, experimental neurobiology, and thus neuroscience, is in a state of crisis because the knowledge produced in different laboratories hardly generalizes from one laboratory to another. Presumably, this is so because neurobiological laboratories use simplified animal models of human conditions that differ across laboratories. By contrast, I argue that maintaining a multiplicity of experimental protocols and simple models is well justified. It fosters rather than precludes the validity of extrapolation of neurobiological knowledge. The discipline is thriving.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | animal models; calibration; validity; reliability; experimental neurobiology | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2016 13:10 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2016 13:10 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12145 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.12761 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Neuroscience |
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| Date: | May 2015 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 163-181 | ||||||
| Volume: | 30 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12145 |
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