Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science: EPSA13 Helsinki
Editors: Maki, U., Votsis, I., Ruphy, S., Schurz, G. (Eds.)
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- Takes a broad view of science & crosses disciplines to explore philosophical issues
- Contains a selection of the prestigious EPSA conference in Helsinki
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This volume showcases the best of recent research in the philosophy of science. A compilation of papers presented at the EPSA 13, it explores a broad distribution of topics such as causation, truthlikeness, scientific representation, gender-specific medicine, laws of nature, science funding and the wisdom of crowds.
Papers are organised into headings which form the structure of the book. Readers will find that it covers several major fields within the philosophy of science, from general philosophy of science to the more specific philosophy of physics, philosophy of chemistry, philosophy of the life sciences, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of the social sciences and humanities, amongst others.
This volume provides an excellent overview of the state of the art in the philosophy of science, as practiced in different European countries and beyond. It will appeal to researchers with an interest in the philosophical underpinnings of their own discipline, and to philosophers who wish to explore the latest work on the themes explored.
- Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Coherence and (Likeness to) Truth
Pages 3-16
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A Verisimilitudinarian Rebuttal of a Recent Attack Against Realism
Pages 17-25
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Realistic Claims in Logical Empiricism
Pages 27-41
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Patchworks of Laws and Partial Structures
Pages 43-54
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Social Epistemology, Debate Dynamics, and Truth Approximation
Pages 57-69
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science: EPSA13 Helsinki
- Editors
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- Uskali Maki
- Ioannis Votsis
- Stéphanie Ruphy
- Gerhard Schurz
- Series Title
- European Studies in Philosophy of Science
- Series Volume
- 1
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-23015-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-23015-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-23014-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-37423-9
- Series ISSN
- 2365-4228
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 391
- Number of Illustrations
- 44 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
- Topics