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The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Tilman Sauer

    1. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Mathematics, Mainz, Germany

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  2. Raphael Scholl

    1. Department of History and Phil of Scienc, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  • Deals with a pressing issue in history and philosophy of science
  • Discusses criteria for evaluating historical case studies
  • Advances the field of integrated history and philosophy of science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 319)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Tilman Sauer, Raphael Scholl
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Relations Between History of Science and Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. How to Save the Symmetry Principle

      • Michael Bycroft
      Pages 11-29

    3. “Baseline” and “Snapshot”: Philosophical Reflections on an Approach to Historical Case Studies

      • Giora Hon
      Pages 31-47

    4. Two Modes of Reasoning with Case Studies

      • Wolfgang Pietsch
      Pages 49-67

    5. Towards a Methodology for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

      • Raphael Scholl, Tim Räz
      Pages 69-91

  4. Controversies Reconsidered

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Two Kinds of Case Study and a New Agreement

      • Allan Franklin, Harry Collins
      Pages 95-121

    3. Pluralism in Historiography: A Case Study of Case Studies

      • Katherina Kinzel
      Pages 123-149

    4. Contrasting Cases: The Lotka-Volterra Model Times Three

      • Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers
      Pages 151-178

    5. Gone Till November: A Disagreement in Einstein Scholarship

      • Tim Räz
      Pages 179-200
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About this book

This volume collects reflections on the role of philosophy in case studies in the history of science. Case studies have played a prominent role in recent history and philosophy of science. They have been used to illustrate, question, explore, or explicate philosophical points of view. Even if not explicitly so, historical narratives are always guided by philosophical background assumptions. But what happens if different philosophies lead to different narratives of the same historical episodes? Can historical case studies decide between competing philosophical viewpoints? What are the criteria that a case study has to fulfill in order to be philosophically relevant? Bringing together leading practitioners in the fields of history and philosophy of the physical and the life sciences, this volume addresses this methodological problem and proposes ways of rendering explicit philosophical assumptions of historical work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Mathematics, Mainz, Germany

    Tilman Sauer

  • Department of History and Phil of Scienc, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Raphael Scholl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies

  • Editors: Tilman Sauer, Raphael Scholl

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30229-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30227-0Published: 02 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80755-3Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30229-4Published: 24 May 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 296

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Science, Philosophy of Science

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