Dr. David Colaco

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsTheoretical Philosophy
KeywordsFailure, Explanation, Evidence, Scientific reasoning

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityNew Orleans
InstitutionTulane University
InstituteDepartment of Philosophy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stephan HartmannLehrstuhl für Wissenschaftstheorie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2021

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024David Colaço: When remediating one artifact results in another: control, confounders, and correction. In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 46, 2024,
2023David Colaço; Jonathan Najenson: Where memory resides: Is there a rivalry between molecular and synaptic models of memory?. In: Philosophy of Science, 2023,
2023David Colaço; Sarah Robins: Why have “revolutionary” tools foundpurchase in memory science?. In: Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 4, 2023,
2022David Colaço, John Bickle, Bradley Walters: When should researchers cite study differences in response to a failure to replicate?. In: Biology & Philosophy, 37, 2022, 1-17
2022David Colaço Why studying plant cognition is valuable, even if plants aren’t cognitive. In: Synthese, 200, 2022,