Philosophy of Science in Practice
Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning
Editors: Chao, Hsiang-Ke, Reiss, Julian (Eds.)
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- 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
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- About this book
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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 volume thus aims to contribute to this new direction in the philosophy of science.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-8
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Single Case Causes: What Is Evidence and Why
Pages 11-24
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Partial Evidence in Medicine
Pages 25-44
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On the Causal Wars
Pages 45-66
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Dappled Science in a Unified World
Pages 69-85
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Philosophy of Science in Practice
- Book Subtitle
- Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning
- Editors
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- Hsiang-Ke Chao
- Julian Reiss
- Series Title
- Synthese Library
- Series Volume
- 379
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-45532-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-45532-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-45530-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83313-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 204
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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