I've never met a scientist whose actual research or theorizing was influenced by philosophy of science. The philosophers are just shouting into the void.https://twitter.com/hardsci/status/1127260246689239041 …
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Because evolutionary psychology was never influenced by Fodor's modularity/nativism....
Fair point. Cosmides & Tooby were influenced by Fodor. So that's two.
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You only know Jerry Fodor???
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just an example from phil of cog sci that's foundational for ev psych. Add Earman, Malament for phil physics, Churchlands for phil neuro, and so on. But note that Srivastava's original tweet betrays a naivete that phil sci is all supposed to be a Millian recipe book...
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Darwin was influenced a bunch by Whewell.
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Darwin called himself a “natural philosopher.” The distinction between science and philosophy is a relatively new one.
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