Validating Animal Models

Validating Animal Models

<p>In this paper, I respond to the challenge raised against contemporary experimental neurobiology according to which the field is in a state of crisis because of the multiple experimental protocols employed in different laboratories and strengthening their reliability that presumably preclude...

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Main Author: Nina Atanasova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2015-06-01
Series:THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Subjects:
Animal Models, Calibration, Validity, Reliability, Experimental Neurobiology
Online Access:http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/12761
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spelling doaj-0795188a875c4b84ad783461bc4c8c122020-11-24T23:05:01ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTHEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science0495-45482171-679X2015-06-0130216318110.1387/theoria.1276111086Validating Animal ModelsNina Atanasova0The University of Toledo<p>In this paper, I respond to the challenge raised against contemporary experimental neurobiology according to which the field is in a state of crisis because of the multiple experimental protocols employed in different laboratories and strengthening their reliability that presumably preclude the validity of neurobiological knowledge. I provide an alternative account of experimentation in neurobiology which makes sense of its experimental practices. I argue that maintaining a multiplicity of experimental protocols and strengthening their reliability are well justified and they foster rather than preclude the validity of neurobiological knowledge. Thus, their presence indicates thriving rather than crisis of experimental neurobiology.</p>http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/12761Animal Models, Calibration, Validity, Reliability, Experimental Neurobiology
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Validating Animal Models
THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Animal Models, Calibration, Validity, Reliability, Experimental Neurobiology
author_facet Nina Atanasova
author_sort Nina Atanasova
title Validating Animal Models
title_short Validating Animal Models
title_full Validating Animal Models
title_fullStr Validating Animal Models
title_full_unstemmed Validating Animal Models
title_sort validating animal models
publisher University of the Basque Country
series THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
issn 0495-4548
2171-679X
publishDate 2015-06-01
description <p>In this paper, I respond to the challenge raised against contemporary experimental neurobiology according to which the field is in a state of crisis because of the multiple experimental protocols employed in different laboratories and strengthening their reliability that presumably preclude the validity of neurobiological knowledge. I provide an alternative account of experimentation in neurobiology which makes sense of its experimental practices. I argue that maintaining a multiplicity of experimental protocols and strengthening their reliability are well justified and they foster rather than preclude the validity of neurobiological knowledge. Thus, their presence indicates thriving rather than crisis of experimental neurobiology.</p>
topic Animal Models, Calibration, Validity, Reliability, Experimental Neurobiology
url http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/12761
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