I am a historian and philosopher of the life sciences. My primary interests are in scientific epistemology and the methodology of integrated history and philosophy of science.
- MD, University of Bern, 2007
- PhD, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, 2023
- Habilitation in Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2024
Education & Training
Representative Publications
Scholl, R. (forthcoming). The Argument from the Good Lot. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.
Schindler, S., and R. Scholl. 2022. Historical case studies: the "model organisms" of philosophy of science. Erkenntnis 87: 933–952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00224-5
Scholl, R. 2020. Unwarranted assumptions: Claude Bernard and the growth of the vera causa standard. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 82: 120–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2019.12.005
Novick, A., and R. Scholl. 2020. Presume it not: True causes in the search for the basis of heredity. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 71 (1): 59–86. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy001