Philosophy of science : Between the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities /: Between the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexander Christian, David Hommen, Nina Retzlaff, Gerhard Schurz, editors.
• Editors: Christian, Alexander; Hommen, David
• Contents: Introduction (Alexander Christian, David Hommen, Nina Retzlaff and Gerhard Schurz) -- Part I: Philosophy of physics -- Chapter 1: Quantum Gravity: An Ideology of Unification? (Kian Salimkhani) -- Chapter 2: On Predictions and Explanations in Multiverse Scenarios (Keizo Matsubara) -- Chapter 3: The Role of the Concept of Causation in Physics (Enno Fischer) -- Chapter 4: Causality in General Relativity. “Partial Determination” Revisited (Andrea Reichenberger) -- Part II. Philosophy of life sciences -- Chapter 5: The Philosophical Concept of Agency between Systems Biology and Artificial Intelligence (Anne Sophie Meincke) -- Chapter 6. Functions, Malfunctioning, and Negative Causation (Ludger Jansen) -- Chapter 7. The Quantitative Problem for Theories of Function and Dysfunction (Thomas Schramme) -- Chapter 8. On the Explanatory Character of the Serial Endosymbiotic Theory of the Origin of Eukaryotic Cells (Javier Suárez and Roger Deulofeu) -- Part III. Philosophy of social sciences & values in science -- Chapter 9. Agnotological Challenges: How to Capture the Production of Ignorance (Martin Carrier) -- Chapter 10. The “Invisible Hand” as a Natural Law (Judith Würgler) -- Chapter 11. Micro Economics Between the Natural Sciences and the Humanities (Karsten Klint Jensen) -- Chapter 12. The Role of “Ought” in Value Theory: Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives (Elizaveta Kostrova) -- Chapter 13. From Stability to Validity: How Standards Serve Epistemic Ends (Lara Huber) -- Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics & formal modeling -- Chapter 14. A Theory of Constitutive Inference for the Regularity Account of Mechanistic Constitution (Jens Harbecke). Chapter 15. Recognition Procedures and Dag Prawitz’s Theory of Grounds (Antonio Piccolomini d’Aragona) -- Chapter 16. Exploratory Modes of Scientific Inquiry: From Experimentation to Modeling (Axel Gelfert).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 501; Philosophy; Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses; Social sciences_xPhilosophy; Philosophy of nature; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science -- Philosophy; Philosophy -- Reference; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; Philosophy; Philosophy of mathematics; Philosophy -- Movements -- General; Social & political philosophy; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319725772; 3319725777
• Related ISBNs: 9783319725765; 3319725769
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 6, 2018).
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