EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009

EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009 edited by Henk W. de Regt, Stephan Hartmann, Samir Okasha.

This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.

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Other Authors: de Regt, Henk W. (Editor), Hartmann, Stephan (Editor), Okasha, Samir (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:The European Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings ; 1
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Philosophy and science.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.      Modeling Strategies for Measuring Phenomena In- and Outside the Laboratory
  • Marcel Boumans,- 2.      Mating Intelligence, Moral Virtues, and Methodological Vices
  • Tomislav Bracanovic
  • 3. Rejected Posits, Realism, and the History of Science, Alberto Cordero.- 4. Explanation and Modelization in a Comprehensive Inferential Account
  • Xavier de Donato-Rodríguez and Jesús Zamora-Bonilla.- 5.      Experimental Standards: Evaluating Success in Stem Cell Biology
  • Fagan, Melinda
  • 6.      Modeling Scientific Evidence: The Challenge of Specifying Likelihoods.-Patrick Forber.- 7.      Persistence in Minkowski Space-Time
  • Cord Friebe.- 8.      Genuine versus Deceptive Emotional Displays, Jonathan Grose,- 9.      Tales of Tools and Trees: Phylogenetic Analysis and Explanation in Evolutionary Archaeology,- Wybo Houkes,   10.  Sustaining a Rational Disagreement,- Christoph Kelp and Igor Douven,-   11.  Philosophical Accounts of Causal Explanation and the Scientific Practice of Psychophysics,Tim Christian Kietzmann,- 12.  Meta-analysis as Judgment Aggregation, Berna Kilinc,- 13.  The Uninvited Guest: 'Local Realism' and the Bell Theorem, Federico Laudisa,- 14.  On Tins and Tin-openers, Michael Liston,-   15.  The Problem of Identifying the System and the Environment in the Phenomenon of Decoherence Olimpia Lombardi, Sebastian Fortin and Mario Castagnino,-  16.  Formal and Material Theories in Philosophy of Science: A Methodological Interpretation, Alan Love,-  17.  Axiological Scientific Realism and Methodological Prescription, Timothy D. Lyons,-  18.  Consensus Formation in Networked Groups, Carlo Martini,- 19.  Mirror Neurons and Social Cognition: An Expanded Simulationist Framework, John Michael,-   20.  Identity in Physics: Statistics and the (Non-)Individuality of Quantum Particles, Matteo Morganti,-   21.  The Fiber Bundle at the Gates of Metaphysics. Challenging Maudlin's Proposal,- Ioan Muntean,-   22.  The Phase Rule and the Notion of Substance, Paul Needham,- 23.  Pattern and Process in Eco-Devo: Descriptions and Explanations, Laura Nuño de la Rosa and Arantza Etxeberria, -            24.  Three Conceptions of Explaining How Possibly - And One Reductive Account, Johannes Persson,- 25.  An Improper Introduction to Epistemic Utility Theory, Richard Pettigrew,-   26.  Defending Underdetermination or Why the Historical Perspective Makes a Difference, Wolfgang Pietsch,-   27.  An Information Semantic Account of Scientific Models, Anna-Mari Rusanen and Otto Lappi, -  28.  Scienti?c Realism and Historical Evidence: Shortcomings of the Current State of Debate, Juha Saatsi,-   29.  Venetian Sea Levels, British Bread Prices and the Principle of the Common Cause: A Reassessment, Iñaki San Pedro, - 30.  Coincidences and How to Reason About Them, Elliott Sober, -  31.  Stopping Rules and Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials, Roger Stanev,-   32.  Two Comments on the Common Cause Principle in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, Chrysovalantis Stergiou,-  33.  The Role of Unification in Explanations of Facts, Erik Weber, Jeroen Van Bouwel and Merel Lefevere,-   34.  Calibration, Paul Weirich,-   35.  Observational Equivalence of Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions and the Role of Different Observations,Charlotte Werndl,-   36.  Demarcating Presentism, Christian Wuthrich. .

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