# Knowledge, expertise and science Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/topics/knowledge-and-science Epistemology, the philosophy and history of science, and how we decide what counts as knowing. 64 items, newest first. - [How Humans Hallucinate and How We Deal with It](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/how-humans-hallucinate-knowledge-memory-and-certainty) (Writing, 2025) - [Warning! "New paper" does not mean "new research" (plea for reading the methods section of AI papers)](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/warning-new-paper-does-mean-research-plea-reading-methods-lukes-58hte) (Writing, 2025) - [World as a directly meaningful place: A comment on Ecological Psychology and the richness of human experience](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2021-11-14-world-as-a-directly-meaningful-place-a-comment-on-ecological-psycholo) (Writing, 2021) - [History as weather: A fractal theory of history for Ian Morris, Jared Diamond and CGP Grey](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2021-06-03-history-as-weather-a-fractal-theory-of-history-for-ian-morris-jared-d) (Writing, 2021) - [So you think you have a historical analogy? Revisionist history and anthropology reading list](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2019-09-08-so-you-think-you-have-a-historical-analogy-revisionist-history-and-an) (Writing, 2019) - [What would make linguistics a better science? Science as a metaphor](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2019-04-28-what-would-make-linguistics-a-better-science-science-as-a-metaphor) (Writing, 2019) - [Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2018-11-08-cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discour) (Writing, 2018) - [Therapy for Frege: A brief outline of the theory of everything](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2018-05-16-therapy-for-frege-a-brief-outline-of-the-theory-of-everything) (Writing, 2018) - [Learning vs training in machines and organizations: Production of knowledge vs production of capability](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/learning-vs-training-in-machines-and-organizations-production-of-knowledge-vs-pr) (Writing, 2018) - [Dějiny psané zrnem: Jak státy domestikovaly člověka](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/dejiny-psane-zrnem-jak-staty-domestikovaly-cloveka) (Writing, 2017) - [Storms in all Teacups: The Power and Inequality in the Battle for Science Universality](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2013-09-20-storms-in-all-teacups-the-power-and-inequality-in-the-battle-for-scie) (Writing, 2013) - [Who-knows-what-how stories: The scientific and religious knowledge paradox](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2012-07-20-who-knows-what-how-stories-the-scientific-and-religious-knowledge-par) (Writing, 2012) - [There's more to memory than the brain: Psychologists run clever experiments, make trivial claims, take gullible internet by storm](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-07-17-theres-more-to-memory-than-the-brain-psychologists-run-clever-experim) (Writing, 2011) - [Life expectancy and the length and value of life: On a historical overimagination](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-04-05-life-expectancy-and-the-length-and-value-of-life-on-a-historical-over) (Writing, 2011) - [Epistemology as ethics: Decisions and judgments not methods and solutions for evidence-based practice](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-03-20-epistemology-as-ethics-decisions-and-judgments-not-methods-and-soluti) (Writing, 2011) - [Philosophers’ songbook #philbitescomp](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2010-08-17-philosophers-songbook-philbitescomp) (Writing, 2010) - [Zasraná pravda aneb život v důvěře a globálním oteplení](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/zasrana-pravda-aneb-zivot-v-duvere-a-globalnim-otepleni) (Writing, 2010) - [The knowledge delusion: What changes and what stays the same](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2009-03-21-the-knowledge-delusion) (Writing, 2009) - [Jak lidská přirozenost ovlivňuje ekonomiku](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/jak-lidska-prirozenost-ovlivnuje-ekonomiku) (Writing, 2009) - [O konspiračních teoriích a tom, proč jim věříme](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/o-konspiracnich-teoriich-a-tom-proc-jim-verime) (Writing, 2009) - [Věk vědy v zrcadle Darwina](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/vek-vedy-v-zrcadle-darwina) (Writing, 2009) - [Finally! The truth about truth: Folk foundations of scientific reductionism](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2008-02-07-finally-the-truth-about-truth-folk-foundations-of-scientific-reductio) (Writing, 2008) - [Epistemology as ethics in research and policy: Under what terms might case studies yield useful knowledge to policy makers](https://dominiklukes.net/research/elliott-lukes-epistemology) (Research, 2008) - [Věda jako společenský konstrukt: případ limitů evolučních teorií](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/veda-jako-spolecensky-konstrukt-pripad-limitu-evolucnich-teorii) (Writing, 2008) - [Cognition, information, knowledge and the limits of serial computing](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-09-11-cogntion-information-knowledge-and-the-limits-of-serial-computing) (Writing, 2007) - [Epistemology of the Educational Case Study](https://dominiklukes.net/speaking/epistemology-of-the-educational-case-study-2007) (Talks, 2007) - [Science vs. social science of the environment](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-06-14-science-vs-social-science-of-the-environment) (Writing, 2007) - [Algorithms and everything](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-01-09-algorithms-and-everything) (Writing, 2007) - [Limits of social cognition research as a basis of policy](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-01-04-limits-of-social-cognition-research-as-a-basis-of-policy) (Writing, 2007) - [Epistemology of Educational Case Study](https://dominiklukes.net/research/epistemology-of-educational-case-study) (Research, 2007) - [Limits of enlightenment rationality in the face of cultural relativism Biological universals, symbolic particulars and political discourse](https://dominiklukes.net/research/limits-of-enlightenment-rationality-in-the) (Research, 2007) - [Nový ateismus: Boje na rozhraní vědy a víry](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/novy-ateismus-boje-na-rozhrani-vedy-a-viry) (Writing, 2007) - [Století genu: genetická věda a genetické inženýrství](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/stoleti-genu-geneticka-veda-a-geneticke-inzenyrstvi) (Writing, 2007) - [Wikipedia - the Original Encyclopedia](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-10-31-wikipedia-the-original-encyclopedia) (Writing, 2006) - [Is mathematics an empirical science?](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-10-19-is-mathematics-an-empirical-science) (Writing, 2006) - [Role of examples in social debate and research](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-05-17-role-of-examples-in-social-research) (Writing, 2006) - [Research-generated assonant symmetries, equal gender rights and global sexual satisfaction](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-04-27-npr-global-sex-survey-satisfied-in-the-west) (Writing, 2006) - [Nature of the predictions genre](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-01-09-nature-of-the-predictions-genre) (Writing, 2006) - [Izomorfie jako heuristicko-filozofický problém](https://dominiklukes.net/research/izomorfie-jako-heuristicko-filozoficky-problem) (Research, 2006) - [Rebecca Goldsteinová, Neúplnost: Důkaz a paradox Kurta Gödela. Argo, Dokořán, Praha 2005.](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/rebecca-goldsteinova-neuplnost-dukaz-a-paradox-kurta-godela-argo-dokoran-praha-2) (Writing, 2006) - [Determinism and evidentiary value of belief based on personal experience](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-19-determinism-and-evidentiary-value-of-belief-based-on-personal-experie) (Writing, 2005) - [Expertise and suitability for policy responsibilities](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-19-expertise-and-suitability-for-policy-responsibilities) (Writing, 2005) - [There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility' | The Register](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-12-theres-no-wikipedia-entry-for-moral-responsibility-the-register) (Writing, 2005) - [Perspective and data in historical analysis](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-11-perspective-and-data-in-historical-analysis) (Writing, 2005) - [Reliability of common wisdom - models and power](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-08-reliability-of-common-wisdom-models-and-power) (Writing, 2005) - [Fiction as a resource for academic inquiry](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-03-fiction-as-a-resource-for-academic-inquiry) (Writing, 2005) - [Managing social processes vs. managing the context of social processes](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-28-managing-social-processes-vs-managing-the-context-of-social-processes) (Writing, 2005) - [Models in professional knowledge](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-27-models-in-professional-knowledge) (Writing, 2005) - [Laws of social and natural sciences](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-22-laws-of-social-and-natural-sciences) (Writing, 2005) - [Marx's and Darwin's accomplishments: Finding the mechanism of evolution and social change?](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-22-marxs-and-darwins-accomplishments-finding-the-mechanism-of-evolution-) (Writing, 2005) - [More on theory and fact (medicine and ritual)](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-21-more-on-theory-and-fact) (Writing, 2005) - [Some misconceptions by the defenders of the Theory of Evolution](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-18-reason-fact-and-fiction-on-evolution-intelligent-designs-five-favorit) (Writing, 2005) - [Hledání smyslu lidské existence](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/hledani-smyslu-lidske-existence) (Writing, 2002) - [Jak neměřit člověka](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/jak-nemerit-cloveka) (Writing, 2002) - [Války o Darwina: aneb o potyčkách na okrajích vědy](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/valky-o-darwina-aneb-o-potyckach-na-okrajich-vedy) (Writing, 2002) - [Filozofická hagiografie](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/filozoficka-hagiografie) (Writing, 2001) - [Ajajaj — Statistika, testy a rasové nerovnosti](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/ajajaj-statistika-testy-a-rasove-nerovnosti) (Writing, 2000) - [Evidence-based Education Policy: What Evidence? What Basis? Whose Policy](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/evidence-based-education-policy-what-evidence-what-basis-whose-policy) (Writing, undated) - [Magie - sestra vzdělávání](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/magie-sestra-vzdelavani) (Writing, undated) - [Mýtus o lásce k moudrosti](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/mytus-o-lasce-k-moudrosti) (Writing, undated) - [People & Computers: Views from History](https://dominiklukes.net/research/people-and-computers) (Research, undated) - [Quick Notes on Measurement](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/quick-notes-on-measurement) (Writing, undated) - [Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/remarkable-creatures-epic-adventures-in-the-search-for-the-origins-of-species) (Writing, undated) - [Zamyšlení nad meditacemi o základech vědy](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/zamysleni-nad-meditacemi-o-zakladech-vedy) (Writing, undated) All topics: [Topics](https://dominiklukes.net/topics)