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EPSA11 Perspectives and Foundational Problems in Philosophy of Science

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Vassilios Karakostas

    1. Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  2. Dennis Dieks

    1. Inst. History & Foundations of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  • Presents the proceedings to the third European Philosophy of Science Association
  • Offers new developments in philosophy of science
  • Provides a thematic approach to the topic?

Part of the book series: The European Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings (EPSP, volume 2)

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Table of contents (40 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Philosophy of Science: Formal Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Evidence, Argument and Prediction

      • Nancy Cartwright
      Pages 3-17

    3. Models, Simulations, and Analogical Inference

      • Ilkka Niiniluoto
      Pages 19-27

    4. Intuitionistic Semantics for Fitch’s Paradox

      • Doukas Kapantaïs
      Pages 29-39

    5. Correlation and Truth

      • Peter Brössel
      Pages 41-54

    6. The Limits of Probabilism

      • Wolfgang Pietsch
      Pages 55-65

  3. Philosophy of Science: Idealization, Representation and Explanation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. How Organization Explains

      • Jaakko Kuorikoski, Petri Ylikoski
      Pages 69-80

    3. Mechanistic Explanation: Asymmetry Lost

      • Samuel Schindler
      Pages 81-91

    4. Deflationism on Scientific Representation

      • Chuang Liu
      Pages 93-102

    5. Idealization in Physics Modeling

      • Demetris Portides
      Pages 103-113

    6. Explanatory Models Versus Predictive Models: Reduced Complexity Modeling in Geomorphology

      • Alisa Bokulich
      Pages 115-128

  4. Philosophy of Science: Realism, Anti-realism and Special Science Laws

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. The Ultimate Argument Against Convergent Realism and Structural Realism: The Impasse Objection

      • Paul Hoyningen-Huene
      Pages 131-139

    3. Doing Away with the No Miracles Argument

      • Simon Fitzpatrick
      Pages 141-151

    4. Theory-Parts for Scientific Realists

      • Alberto Cordero
      Pages 153-165

    5. Natural Kinds and Concept Eliminativism

      • Samuli Pöyhönen
      Pages 167-179

    6. Against the Statistical Account of Special Science Laws

      • Andreas Hüttemann, Alexander Reutlinger
      Pages 181-192

  5. Philosophy of the Physical Sciences: Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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This book contains a selection of original conference papers covering all major fields in the philosophy of science, that have been organized into themes. The first section of this volume begins with the formal philosophy of science, moves on to idealization, representation and explanation and then finishes with realism, anti-realism and special science laws. The second section covers the philosophy of the physical sciences, looking at quantum mechanics, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the philosophy of space and time, linking physics and metaphysics and the philosophy of chemistry.  

Further themed sections cover the philosophies of the life sciences, the cognitive sciences and the social sciences. Readers will find that this volume provides an excellent overview of the state of the art in the philosophy of science, as practiced in different European countries. ​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Vassilios Karakostas

  • Inst. History & Foundations of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Dennis Dieks

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