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EPSA15 Selected Papers The 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf /

This edited collection showcases some of the best recent research in the philosophy of science. It comprises of thematically arranged papers presented at the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA15), covering a broad variety of topics within general philosophy of sci...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Massimi, Michela. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Romeijn, Jan-Willem. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schurz, Gerhard. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 5
Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Modern philosophy.
Public policy.
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Modern Philosophy.
Public Policy.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53730-6
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Generalized Entropies and Rational Information Search (V. Crupi - Shannon and Beyond)
  • 2. When does a Physical System Compute? (V. Kendon & C. Horsman)
  • 3. Unsharp Best System Chances (L. Fenton-Glynn)
  • 4. Counterfactual Probabilities, Chances and Robust Explanations (A. Lyon)
  • 5. Propensities, Chances, and Experimental Statistics (M. Suárez)
  • 6. On the Rationality of Theory Choice (A. Marcoci & J. Nguyen)
  • 7. Typicality in multiverse cosmology (F. Azhar)
  • 8. A Frame-Based Approach for Operationalized Concepts (S. Kornmesser)
  • 9. On the preference for more specific reference classes (P. Thorn)
  • 10. Overcoming Newman's Objection (O. Bueno)
  • 11. Explanation, unification, and mechanisms (M. Fagan)
  • 12. Conceptualizing uncertainty: An assessment of the latest uncertainty framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (N. Wüthrich)
  • 13. Reaction Mechanisms in Chemistry: A Comparison Case for Accounts of Scientific Explanation (A. Woody)
  • 14. Absolute Measures of Effectiveness (J. Stegenga)
  • 15. Measuring Unification (I. Votsis)
  • 16. Parts, Wholes and Potentials (F. A. Muller & K. McKenzie)
  • 17. Are the Questions of Metaphysics More Fundamental than Those of Science? (A. Ney)
  • 18. Building Bridges with the Right Tools: Modality and the Standard Model (S. French)
  • 19. Confirmational Holism and Theory Choice: Arrow meets Duhem (E. Cresto, M. D. Corral, D. Taje, J. Nascimbene, & A. Cassini)
  • 20. Case Studies and Selective Realism (A. Chakravartty)
  • 21. Du Châtelet's Philosophy of Space and Time (A. M. Solomon)
  • 22. Model organisms and explanation (U. Stegmann)
  • 23. The Objectivity of the Humanities: Hempel, Carnap and the Case of Lucien Febvre (F. Dewulf)
  • 24. Measure Sensitivity in Verisimilitude Theory (G. Cevolani)
  • 25. Mechanisms and Reduction in Chemistry (R. Hendry)
  • 26. Symmetries and the identity of physical states (S. Friederich)
  • 27. From zymes to germs: discarding the realist/antirealist framework (D. Tulodziecki)
  • 28. Measurements, coordination, and the problem of representation of physical quantities (F. Padovani)
  • 29. Are causal accounts of explanation always useful? In the case of personality trait explanation they are probably not (L. Gurova)
  • 30. The law of continuity, determinateness, and the mathematizability of nature: Boscovich and his contemporaries (M. van Strien)
  • 31. Is Episodic Memory a Natural Kind? (M. Werning & S. Cheng)
  • 32. Models, postulates, and generalized nomic truth approximation (T. Kuipers)
  • 33. Building integrated explanatory models of complex biological phenomena (A. Love)
  • 34. The Epistemological Significance of Imprecise Probability (J. Williamson)
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