Is there a philosophical analysis of scientific extrapolation?

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The discussion centers on the philosophical analysis of scientific extrapolation, particularly in the context of clinical research and basic science. Participants highlight the reliance on surrogate models and the challenges posed by the lack of mechanistic knowledge during early research stages. Daniel Steel's book, "Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology," published by Oxford University Press, is recommended as a valuable resource for understanding these concepts. The conversation emphasizes the complexity of extrapolation in creating explanatory accounts from diverse experimental data.

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  • Understanding of epistemic practices in scientific research
  • Familiarity with surrogate models in clinical and biological studies
  • Knowledge of mechanistic-similarity solutions in scientific extrapolation
  • Basic comprehension of philosophical analysis in scientific contexts
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  • Read "Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology" by Daniel Steel
  • Explore the concept of mechanistic knowledge in early-stage research
  • Investigate the role of surrogate models in clinical research
  • Study the implications of extrapolation in explanatory accounts in biology
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Philosophers of science, researchers in clinical and biological fields, and anyone interested in the epistemic practices surrounding scientific extrapolation.

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Hi,

Could you recommend a book/essay/anything else about the philosophical approach of scientific extrapolation?
 
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Robin04 said:
Could you recommend a book/essay/anything else about the philosophical approach of scientific extrapolation?

Both clinical research and basic science rely on the epistemic practice of extrapolation from surrogate models, to the point that explanatory accounts presented in review papers and biology textbooks are in fact composite pictures reconstituted from data gathered in a variety of distinct experimental setups.

This raises two new challenges to previously proposed mechanistic-similarity solutions to the problem of extrapolation: one pertaining to the absence of mechanistic knowledge in the early stages of research and the second to the large number of extrapolations underpinning explanatory accounts.
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http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/03/14/bjps.axv018.abstract
 

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