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Contemporary Science: its methodological and epistemological dimensions

In the last decades there has been a noticeable increase in the conceptual and methodological resources available to the scientist. Among those that are more widely applied it is worth mentioning the algorithms on model selection, Bayesian statistics, causal inference strategies from probabilities/frequencies, computer simulation, or the articulation of mechanistic models. 

The general aim of this line of research is to revisit the epistemological questions traditionally addressed by the philosophy of science (experimentation, confirmation, explanation, realism/anti-realism, objectivity & values,…) in the light of recent resources available to scientific practitioners. 

History of scientific and technical translation (Fr.-Es.)

Creation of an open portal that makes the data collected in our research available to researchers, i.e. to implement a database that collects the corpus of translators and scientific-technical translations from French into Spanish published in Spain and France (18th-19th century).

Kant and the sciences

Unravelling the connections of Kantian thought with current scientific research, with a particular interest in quantum physics, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

Science and Press: Analysis of scientific news coverage in the media

The media are key in the dissemination of knowledge. Analysing how the media treat scientific and environmental information helps us to understand how society receives the scientific message, and allows us to draw up proposals for improving the dissemination of knowledge.