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Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz: Two biologists in Nazi Germany
In 1973, three biologists shared the Nobel Prize for medicine: two Austrians who had conducted most of their research in Germany, Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz, and the Dutchman Nikolaas Tinbergen.
Scientific Truth in the Post-Truth Era
“The belief in the value of scientific truth is a product of certain civilizations and not a fact of nature” (Weber, 1922).
From the empirical to the causal molecular: Understanding biology and genetics
From empiricist to causal molecular understanding of life and back: Historical reflections on 19th and 21st-century epistemologies in biology
The German American physiologist and experimental biologist Jacques Loeb (1859-1924) was one of the most vigorous promoters of biology as an experimental science in the 19th century. Influenced by the physicist...
The Jacques Loeb Centre for History and Philosophy of, and Critical Dialogues in, the...
Research into the history and philosophy of modern experimental life sciences and the societal implications.
The History of Science: A Q&A with Professor Ute Deichmann
Professor Ute Deichmann, Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, shares some of her expertise of the history of science, with a particular focus on misconceptions and threats to modern day science.
Chromatin Research and Epigenetics: History, research, and misconceptions
Professor Ute Deichmann, Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, discusses the history, current research and misconceptions about chromatin research and epigenetics.
Biocolloidy and Epigenetics – Is “scientific revolution” a useful concept in biology?
Is Thomas Kuhn's idea of "scientific revolution" useful for explaining advance in biological research? The examples of biocolloidy and epigenetics.
Exploring the history of science
We speak to Professor Ute Deichmann, Director of the Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, about the history of science.
Irreproducibility and scientific truth
Ute Deichmann from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, explores the issues of irreproducibility and scientific truth
Constancy & plasticity in biology – the central role of hierarchical causal models
Ute Deichmann of the Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, explores the role hierarchical causal models have on constancy and plasticity in biology.
