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Assistant Professor Hsiao-Fan Yeh

Hsiao-Fan Yeh(葉筱凡)

  Assistant Professor

Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences,

College of Medicine, Chang Gung University

(Update to Sep 2021)

ADDRESSSES:

Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences

3rd Floor, The Second Medical Science Building,

259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road,

Chang Gung University

Kwei-Shan Dist, Tao-Yuan City 33302, Taiwan

PHONE: +886-3-211-8800 ext. 3700

EMAIL: phylliesyeh@gmail.com

EDUCATION:

2017—Ph.D. (Philosophy), National Chung-Cheng University.

      Dissertation Title: Mechanisms and Experimentation in the Science of Life

      Advisor: Ruey-Lin Chen

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Biology (esp. mechanism and experimentation)

Philosophy and Medicine

AREA OF COMPETENCE:

Philosophy and Medicine

Medical Humanities and Clinical Ethics

Bioethics

Civic Literacy and Society

Learning Philosophy from Science Fiction

Logical Thinking

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

2020/08-2021/06  Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Center for Society, Technology  and Medicine (STM), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

2019/08-2020/07  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

2018/01-2019/07  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Philosophy, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan.

            

PUBLICATION (Journal Paper):

2020 Yeh, Hsiao-Fan, “Mechanisms in Biology.” The Mandarin Encyclopedia of  Philosophy (2020 Edition), Linton I-Chi Wang (ed.),

       生物學中的機制.

2020 Yu-Ling Huang, Hsiao-Fan Yeh, and I-Chun Hung, “Communication, Connection, and Care: Mobilizing Community Prevention Network to Response

       Covid-19.” Taiwanese Journal for Science, Technology and Medicine 30: 267-279.

2017 Yeh, Hsiao-Fan and Chen Ruey-Lin, “An Experiment-Based Methodology for  Classical Genetics and Molecular Biology.” Annals of the Japan Association

      for Philosophy of Science 26:39-60. 

TRANSLATION:

2015  “Multilevel Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change.” By Lindley Darden,  Taiwanese Journal for Science, Technology and Medicine 21: 209-233.

EDITOR:

Special Issue: Philosophy of Scientific Practice, Taiwanese Journal for Science,  Technology and Medicine. Guest Editors (In Preparation).

BOOK REVIEWS:

Review of  Bei-Chang Yang’s Logic in Action.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (2015-) :

2021, “Personalized Medicine: From the Perspective of Philosophy of Medicine.” The  2021 Taiwan STS Association Annual Conference. Online oral presentation. Aug, 23.

2020 “Multiple data module assembly in contemporary immunology discovery.” NCKU-UT consortium session. TGSW 2020. The “After Globalization: Problem  Discovery in

    Process” Online  conference. Tainan, Taiwan, Sep. 29.

2020 “Multiple data module assembly in contemporary immunology discovery.”  Workshop on Practices and Processes in Science 2020. Department of  Microbiology and

    Immunology  and Center for Society, Technology and Medicine (STM), National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Sep. 19-20.

2019 “The Relation between Exploratory Experimentation and Theory Construction: From the PaJaMo Experiments to the synthesis of Protein.” Annual Conference of

    Taiwan Philosophy Association, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (November 9-10).

2019 (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “The construction by exploration: From the PaJaMo experiment to the synthesis of protein.” The Biennial Meeting for International Society for

    History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (July 7-12)

2018 (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “Multiple interventions for both  testing and exploring: Reframing the PaJaMo experiment based on aims and  modes of interventions.” The

    Workshop of  Modeling and Reasoning in the  Science, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (November 23-24)

2018 (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “Multiple interventions for both  testing and exploring: Reframing the PaJaMo experiment based on aims and modes of interventions.” The

    27th Biennial  Meeting for the Philosophy of  Science Association, Poster, Seattle, USA (November 1-4)

2018  (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “Modes of Experimental Interventions  in Molecular Biology: A Case Study of the β-Galactosidase Synthesis.” The 7th Biennial Conference of

    the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (Jun 30-July 2)

2017 (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “A Taxonomy of Experiments or Modes of  Intervention?” The 7th Asian-Pacific Conference on Philosophy of Science,  National Chung

    Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan (December 15-16)

2015 (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “Reexaming the Taxonomy of Experiments: Review of In Search of Mechanisms.” International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social

    Studies of Biology Biennial Conference (ISHPSSB), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM),  Montreal, Canada (July 6-10)

INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (2015-):

2018 “Multiple interventions for both testing and exploring: Reframing the PaJaMo  experiment based on aims and modes of interventions.” The Series of lectures of

    Practices in Scientific Reasoning, No. 11.National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (Jun 1)

2018  (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “Modes of Experimental Interventions  in Molecular Biology: A Case Study of the β-Galactosidase Synthesis.” 2018  International Young

    Scholars Forum, SunYat-Sen University, Guangzhou,  China (May 26)

2017  (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “A Taxonomy of Experiments or Modes of  Intervention?” The 7th Asian-Pacific Conference on Philosophy of Science  (APCPOS), National

    Chung-Cheng  University, Chiayi, Taiwan (December 15-16)

2017 “Conceptions of Gene and Their Role in Experimental Practice.” Workshop on Philosophy of Science in Practice, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (May 20)

2016 “Interactivities in the Internal Contexts of Mechanisms.” The 6th Asian-Pacific  Conference on Philosophy of Science (APCPOS), Kyoto University, Kyoto,  Japan

    (September 10-11)

INVITED TALKS (2015-):

2019 “A Dialectical View on the Evidence and Reasoning in the Case of Dengue   Virus Study.” Department of Philosophy, National Chung Cheng University,   Chiayi, Taiwan

    (December 11)

2019  “The Philosophical Thoughts in Bioethics: Utilitarianism, Kant’s  Denotological Systems, Virtue Ethics, and Care Ethics.” School of Medicine,  National Cheng-Kung

    University, Tainan, Taiwan (November 12)

2018  (co-author with Chen, Ruey-Lin) “Modes of Experimental Interventions   in Molecular Biology: A Case Study of the β-Galactosidase Synthesis.” 2018  Spring Lecture Series,

    National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (Jun 1)

2017  “The Philosophical Thoughts in Bioethics: Utilitarianism, Kant’s  Denotological Systems, Virtue Ethics, and Care Ethics” School of Medicine,   National Cheng-Kung University,

    Tainan, Taiwan (December 21, 28)

2015  “The Philosophical Thoughts in Bioethics: Utilitarianism, Kant’s  Denotological Systems, Virtue Ethics, and Care Ethics” School of Medicine,   National Cheng-Kung

    University, Tainan, Taiwan (December 10, 17)

2015  “From Interventional Investigation to Discoveries of Mechanisms”, Science,  Technology and Medicine, National Chung-Cheng University, Tainan, Taiwan  (Jun 12)

OTHER WRITING:

2021 “A Fulfilling Weekend: Life, Psychiatry, and Medical Education.” NCKU  Medicine 32(1): 62-64.

2021 “One of the Reasons for Why Science Needs Philosophy.” Science Monthly  615: 74-77.

2014  “Solving the Puzzle of the Bithorax Phenotype in the Drosophila.” Science Monthly 536:600-606.

ACADEMIC HONORS:

2010  The Graduate Student Study Abroad Program sponsored by the Ministry of   Science and Technology (Visiting Student, during Aug. 2011-Aug.2012,

      Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, U. S. A.)

2008  Excellent New PhD Student Award in National Chung-Cheng University  2006  The 7th Graduate Student Paper Presentation Conference Award in  Soochow University

2003  Excellent New Graduate School Student Award in Soochow University

REFERENCES:

Lindley Darden: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland,  darden@umd.edu

Kenneth C. Waters: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary,  c.waters@ucalgary.ca

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