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EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences

Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Mauricio Suárez

    1. Fac. Filosofía, Depto. Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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  2. Mauro Dorato

    1. Dipto. Filosofia, Universita di Roma, Tre, Roma, Italy

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  3. Miklós Rédei

    1. Political Science, Dept. Philosophy, Logic &, London School of Economics &, London, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Contingency and Inherency in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

    • Werner Callebaut
    Pages 1-7

  3. Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations

    • Elena Castellani
    Pages 9-19

  4. Are ‘Identical Quantum Particles’ Weakly Discernible Objects?

    • Dennis Dieks
    Pages 21-30

  5. Wave–Particle Duality in Quantum Optics

    • Brigitte Falkenburg
    Pages 31-42

  6. Remarks on a Structural Account of Scientific Explanation

    • Laura Felline
    Pages 43-53

  7. Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices

    • José Ferreirós
    Pages 55-64

  8. Einstein, Kant, and the A Priori

    • Michael Friedman
    Pages 65-73

  9. Causal Models and the Asymmetry of State Preparation

    • Mathias Frisch
    Pages 75-85

  10. Bell-Type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes

    • Gerd Graßhoff, Adrian Wüthrich
    Pages 87-92

  11. Entanglement, Upper Probabilities and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics

    • Stephan Hartmann, Patrick Suppes
    Pages 93-103

  12. Gauge Symmetry and the Theta-Vacuum

    • Richard Healey
    Pages 105-116

  13. The Chemical Bond: Structure, Energy and Explanation

    • Robin Findlay Hendry
    Pages 117-127

  14. Randomness, Financial Markets and the Brownian Motion: A Reflection on the Role of Mathematics in Their Interaction with Financial Theory After 1973

    • Ghislaine Idabouk
    Pages 129-140

  15. Causation Across Levels, Constitution, and Constraint

    • Max Kistler
    Pages 141-151

  16. Epistemic Consequences of Two Different Strategies for Decomposing Biological Networks

    • Ulrich Krohs
    Pages 153-162

  17. Matter(s) in Relativity Theory

    • Dennis Lehmkuhl
    Pages 163-174

  18. Individual Particles, Properties and Quantum Statistics

    • Matteo Morganti
    Pages 175-185

  19. Evolution and Directionality: Lessons from Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem

    • Samir Okasha
    Pages 187-196

  20. Substantive General Covariance: Another Decade of Dispute

    • Oliver Pooley
    Pages 197-209
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Filosofía, Depto. Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Mauricio Suárez

  • Dipto. Filosofia, Universita di Roma, Tre, Roma, Italy

    Mauro Dorato

  • Political Science, Dept. Philosophy, Logic &, London School of Economics &, London, United Kingdom

    Miklós Rédei

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