EPSA15 Selected Papers

The 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf

AvMichela Massimi,Jan-Willem Romeijn

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien European Studies in Philosophy of Science

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Beskrivning

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 science, and philosophical issues pertaining to specific sciences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-25
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt:563 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Studies in Philosophy of Science
Antal sidor:358
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319852294

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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).-