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Author:   Maria Carla Galavotti ,  Dennis Dieks ,  Wenceslao J. Gonzalez ,  Stephan Hartmann
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2014 ed.
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.340kg
ISBN:  

9783319043814

ISBN 10:   3319043811
Pages:   773
Publication Date:   20 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface: Maria Carla Galavotti.- TEAM A: FORMAL METHODS.- Chapter 1: Things in Possible Experiments. Case-intensional Logic as a Framework for Tracing Things from Case to Case; Thomas Müller.- Chapter 2: The Proof Is in the Process. A Preamble for a Philosophy of Computer-assisted Mathematics; Liesbeth de Mol.- Chapter 3: The Future Role of Computation in Science and Society; Patrick Suppes.- Chapter 4: In No Categorical Terms: A Sketch for an Alternative Route to a Humean Interpretation of Laws; Kerry McKenzie.- Chapter 5: The Undeniable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Special Sciences; Mark Colyvan.- Chapter 6: Comment on “The Undeniable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Special Sciences”; Tim Räz.- TEAM B: PHILOSOPHY OF THE NATURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES.- Chapter 7: Explanatory Pluralism in Psychiatry: What Are We Pluralists about, and Why? Raffaella Campaner.- Chapter 8: Pluralists about Pluralism? Different Versions of Explanatory Pluralism in Psychiatry; Jeroen van Bouwel.- Chapter 9: Shifting Attention from Theory to Practice in Philosophy of Biology; C. Kenneth Waters.- Chapter 10: Living Instruments and Theoretical Terms: Xenografts as Measurements in Cancer Research; Pierre-Luc Germain.- Chapter 11:   Developmental Explanation; Veli-Pekka Parkkinen.- Chapter 12: What Counts as Causation in Physics and Biology? Jan Faye.- Chapter 13: Challenges to Characterizing the Notion of Causation across Disciplinary Boundaries: Comment on Faye; Jan Baedke.- Chapter 14: Just Complexity; Max Urchs.- Chapter 15: Confessions of a Complexity Skeptic; Raphael Scholl.- Chapter 16: New Directions in the Philosophy of Biology: A New Taxonomy of Functions; Cristian Saborido.- TEAM C: PHILOSOPHY OF THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.- Chapter 17: How Essentialism Properly Understood Might Reconcile Realism and Social Constructivism; Wolfgang Spohn.- Chapter 18: Social Construction – byWhom? Matti Sintonen.- Chapter 19: Is Social Constructivism Soluble in Critical Naturalism? Daniel Andler.- Chapter 20: Scientific Representation, Reflexivity, and the Possibility of Constructive Realism; Tarja Knuuttila.- Chapter 21: The Limits of Realism in the Philosophy of Social Science; David-Hillel Ruben.- Chapter 22:   The Social Re-Construction of Agency; Katarzyna Paprzycka.- Chapter 23: Local Realism. An Analysis of Social Choice Theory; Obdulia Torres.- Chapter 24: Objectivity and Visual Practices in Science and Art; Chiara Ambrosio.- Chapter 25: Cultural Information: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; Tim Lewens. TEAM D: PHILOSOPHY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES.- Chapter 26: Introducing QBism; Christopher A. Fuchs.- Chapter 27: A Critic Looks at QBism; Guido Bacciagaluppi.- Chapter 28: Elementary Particles and Metaphysics; F.A. Muller.- Chapter 29:  Assessing the Status of the Common Cause Principle; Miklós Rédei.- Chapter 30: A Note on Strong Causal Closedness and Completability of Classical Probability Spaces; Leszek Wroński and Michał Marczyk.- Chapter 31: Artificial Examples of Empirical Equivalence; Pablo Acuña.- Chapter 32: The Measurement Problem is Your Problem Too; Ronnie Hermens.- Chapter 33: Pros and Cons of Physics in Logics; Petr Švarný.- Chapter 34: How Fundamental Physics Represents Causality; Andreas Bartels and Daniel Wohlfarth.- Chapter 35: How Fundamental Physics Represents Causality. Comment; Mario Hubert and Roland Poellinger.- Chapter 36: Good Just Isn’t Good Enough - Humean Chances and Boltzmannian Statistical Physics; Claus Beisbart.- Chapter 37: Unsharp Humean Chances in Statistical Physics: A Reply to Beisbart; Radin Dardashti, Luke Glynn, Karim Thébault and Mathias Frisch.- Chapter 38: Noncommutative Causality in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory; Gábor Hofer-Szabó.- Chapter 39: Lost in Translation. A Comment on “Noncommutative Causality in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory”; DustinLazarovici.- Chapter 40: Causal Probabilities in GRW Quantum Mechanics; Tomasz Placek.- Chapter 41: Physics, Metaphysics and Mathematics; Dennis Dieks.- TEAM E: HISTORY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.- Chapter 42: Where Would We Be without Counterfactuals? Huw Price.- Chapter 43: Pragmatism and European Philosophy: William James and the French-Italian Connection; Massimo Ferrari.- Chapter 44: European Pragmatism? Further Thoughts on the German and Austrian Reception of American Pragmatism; Thomas Uebel.- Chapter 45: New Prospects for Pragmatism: Ramsey’s Constructivism; Maria Carla Galavotti.- Chapter 46: Critical Realism in Perspective – Remarks on a Neglected Current in Neo-Kantian Epistemology; Matthias Neuber.- Chapter 47: Realism without Mirrors; Henrik Rydenfelt.- Chapter 48: The Continuing Relevance of 19th-Century Philosophy of Psychology: Brentano and the Autonomy of Psychological Methods; Uljana Feest.- Chapter 49: On the Logical Positivists’ Philosophy of Psychology: Laying a Legend to Rest; Sean Crawford.- Chapter 50: Epistemology Historicized: The French Tradition; Anastasios Brenner.- Chapter 51: Commentary on Brenner’s “Epistemology Historicised”; Cristina Chimisso.- Chapter 52: History and Philosophy of Science: Between Description and Construction; Friedrich Stadler.

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