EPSA15 selected papers : the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf /: the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf. ([2017])
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- EPSA15 selected papers : the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf /: the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- EPSA15 selected papers : the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf
- Further Information:
- Note: Michela Massimi, Jan-Willem Romeijn, Gerhard Schurz, editor.
- Other Names:
- Massimi, Michela
Romeijn, Jan-Willem
Schurz, Gerhard
European Philosophy of Science Association., Conference, (5th) 2015 (Düsseldorf, Germany) - Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Part I General Philosophy of Science and Historical Approaches; 1 Overcoming Newman's Objection; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Founded Relations; 1.3 Finiteness; 1.4 Conclusion; References; 2 Case Studies, Selective Realism, and Historical Evidence; 2.1 The Role of Cases in Debates About Selective Realism; 2.2 Debates About Explanationism: The Potency of Historical Narrative; 2.3 Debates About Entity Realism: Bait and Switch; 2.4 Generalizing the Moral: The Proper Functions of Cases; References; 3 The Epistemic Indispensability of Understanding in Historiography; 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 A Coherentist Position on Evidence in History3.3 The Problem of Sixteenth Century Unbelief; 3.4 The Epistemic Indispensability of Understanding; 3.5 Understanding as Epistemic Category; References; 4 Building Bridges with the Right Tools: Modality and the Standard Model; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Death of Dispositionalism; 4.3 The Standard Model; 4.4 New Tools from the Toolbox; 4.5 The Thinness of the Tools; 4.6 Relieving the Tension; 4.7 Conclusion; References; 5 Coordination and Measurement: What We Get Wrong About What Reichenbach Got Right; 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Constitutive Principles in Science5.3 The Problem of Coordination; 5.4 Measurement and the Representation of Physical Quantities; 5.4.1 The Constitutive Role of Measurement; 5.4.2 Spaces of Possibilities; 5.4.3 Empirical Grounding and Standardization; 5.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; 6 Abandoning the Realism Debate: LessonsPreface; Contents; Part I General Philosophy of Science and Historical Approaches; 1 Overcoming Newman's Objection; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Founded Relations; 1.3 Finiteness; 1.4 Conclusion; References; 2 Case Studies, Selective Realism, and Historical Evidence; 2.1 The Role of Cases in Debates About Selective Realism; 2.2 Debates About Explanationism: The Potency of Historical Narrative; 2.3 Debates About Entity Realism: Bait and Switch; 2.4 Generalizing the Moral: The Proper Functions of Cases; References; 3 The Epistemic Indispensability of Understanding in Historiography; 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 A Coherentist Position on Evidence in History3.3 The Problem of Sixteenth Century Unbelief; 3.4 The Epistemic Indispensability of Understanding; 3.5 Understanding as Epistemic Category; References; 4 Building Bridges with the Right Tools: Modality and the Standard Model; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Death of Dispositionalism; 4.3 The Standard Model; 4.4 New Tools from the Toolbox; 4.5 The Thinness of the Tools; 4.6 Relieving the Tension; 4.7 Conclusion; References; 5 Coordination and Measurement: What We Get Wrong About What Reichenbach Got Right; 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Constitutive Principles in Science5.3 The Problem of Coordination; 5.4 Measurement and the Representation of Physical Quantities; 5.4.1 The Constitutive Role of Measurement; 5.4.2 Spaces of Possibilities; 5.4.3 Empirical Grounding and Standardization; 5.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; 6 Abandoning the Realism Debate: Lessons from the Zymotic Theory of Disease; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Zymotic Theory of Disease; 6.3 Zymes and Germs; 6.4 Realist Accounts of the Zymotic Theory; 6.5 Anti-realist Accounts of the Zymotic Theory; 6.6 Conclusion; References. 7 Continuity in Nature and in Mathematics: Du Châtelet and Boscovich7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Law of Continuity and Continuous Functions; 7.3 Du Châtelet on the Law of Continuity; 7.4 Boscovich on the Law of Continuity; 7.5 Apparent Counterexamples to the Continuity of Curves; 7.6 Conclusions; References; 8 Unification through Confirmation; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Why Unify?; 8.3 Unification through Explanation and Understanding; 8.4 Unification through Confirmation; 8.5 Myrvold's Measure: A Brief Comparison; References. 9 Conceptualizing Uncertainty: An Assessment of the Uncertainty Framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Uncertainty Framework of the IPCC: An Interpretation; 9.2.1 Likelihood Terms; 9.2.2 Confidence Terms; 9.2.3 The Relation Between Likelihood and Confidence Terms; 9.3 Conceptual Problems in the Uncertainty Framework; 9.4 Concluding Remarks: A Roadmap for Improving the Uncertainty Framework; References; Part II Philosophy of the Physical, Life, Cognitive and Social Sciences; 10 Mechanisms and Reduction in Psychiatry; 10.1 Introduction. … (more)
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
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- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 501
Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
Science -- Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Modern Philosophy
Public Policy
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Conference papers and proceedings - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319537306
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- 331953730X
9783319537290
3319537296 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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