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Philosophy of Science in Practice

Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning

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Editors:
  1. Hsiang-Ke Chao

    1. Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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  2. Julian Reiss

    1. Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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  • Offers a new approach to philosophy of science
  • Presents the first work on philosophy of science in practice to cover important topics in philosophy such as evidence, explanation, and models
  • Discusses a wide range of special sciences, such as chemistry, economics, physics, and legal studies?

Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 379)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Hsiang-Ke Chao, Julian Reiss
    Pages 1-8

  3. Evidence in Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Single Case Causes: What Is Evidence and Why

      • Nancy Cartwright
      Pages 11-24

    3. Partial Evidence in Medicine

      • Otávio Bueno, Robin Neiman
      Pages 25-44

    4. On the Causal Wars

      • Julian Reiss
      Pages 45-66

  5. Models in Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Scientific Representation Is Representation-As

      • Roman Frigg, James Nguyen
      Pages 149-179

    3. Model-Based Knowledge and Credible Policy Analysis

      • Hsiang-Ke Chao, David Teira
      Pages 181-197

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 199-204
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About this book

This volume reflects the ‘philosophy of science in practice’ approach and takes a fresh look at traditional philosophical problems in the context of natural, social, and health research. Inspired by the work of Nancy Cartwright that shows how the practices and apparatuses of science help us to understand science and to build theories in the philosophy of science, this volume critically examines the philosophical concepts of evidence, laws, causation, and models and their roles in the process of scientific reasoning. Each chapter is an important one in the philosophy of science, while the volume as a whole deals with these philosophical concepts in a unified way in the context of actual scientific practice. This volumethus aims to contribute to this new direction in the philosophy of science.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Hsiang-Ke Chao

  • Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

    Julian Reiss

About the editors

Hiang-Ke Chao is Professor of Economics at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Julian Reiss is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at Durham University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy of Science in Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning

  • Editors: Hsiang-Ke Chao, Julian Reiss

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45532-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45530-3Published: 05 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83313-2Published: 12 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45532-7Published: 27 December 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 204

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Simulation and Modeling, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

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