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EPSA15 Selected Papers

The 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Michela Massimi

    1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  2. Jan-Willem Romeijn

    1. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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  3. Gerhard Schurz

    1. University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  • Presents recent, high quality and refereed papers in the philosophy of science
  • Takes both a broad and a narrow view of science & crosses disciplines to explore philosophical issues
  • Contains a selection of papers from the prestigious EPSA conference in Düsseldorf

Part of the book series: European Studies in Philosophy of Science (ESPS, volume 5)

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. General Philosophy of Science and Historical Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overcoming Newman’s Objection

      • Otávio Bueno
      Pages 3-12

    3. Case Studies, Selective Realism, and Historical Evidence

      • Anjan Chakravartty
      Pages 13-23

    4. The Epistemic Indispensability of Understanding in Historiography

      • Fons Dewulf
      Pages 25-36

    5. Building Bridges with the Right Tools: Modality and the Standard Model

      • Steven French
      Pages 37-47

    6. Coordination and Measurement: What We Get Wrong About What Reichenbach Got Right

      • Flavia Padovani
      Pages 49-60

    7. Abandoning the Realism Debate: Lessons from the Zymotic Theory of Disease

      • Dana Tulodziecki
      Pages 61-69

    8. Continuity in Nature and in Mathematics: Du Châtelet and Boscovich

      • Marij van Strien
      Pages 71-81

    9. Unification through Confirmation

      • Ioannis Votsis
      Pages 83-93

    10. Conceptualizing Uncertainty: An Assessment of the Uncertainty Framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

      • Nicolas Wüthrich
      Pages 95-107

  3. Philosophy of the Physical, Life, Cognitive and Social Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Mechanisms and Reduction in Psychiatry

      • Lise Marie Andersen
      Pages 111-124

    3. Three Aspects of Typicality in Multiverse Cosmology

      • Feraz Azhar
      Pages 125-136

    4. Explanation, Unification, and Mechanisms

      • Melinda Bonnie Fagan
      Pages 137-152

    5. Symmetries and the Identity of Physical States

      • Simon Friederich
      Pages 153-165

    6. Are Causal Accounts of Explanation Always Useful? In the Case of Personality Trait Explanations They Are Probably Not

      • Lilia Gurova
      Pages 167-177

    7. Mechanisms and Reduction in Organic Chemistry

      • Robin Findlay Hendry
      Pages 179-189

    8. The Representation of Computation in Physical Systems

      • Dominic Horsman
      Pages 191-204

    9. A Frame-Based Approach for Operationalized Concepts

      • Stephan Kornmesser
      Pages 205-220
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About this book

This edited collection showcases some of the best recent research in the philosophy of science. It comprises of thematically arranged papers presented at the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA15), covering a broad variety of topics within general philosophy of science, and philosophical issues pertaining to specific sciences. The collection will appeal to researchers with an interest in the philosophical underpinnings of their own discipline, and to philosophers who wish to study the latest work on the themes discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Michela Massimi

  • University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jan-Willem Romeijn

  • University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Gerhard Schurz

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