EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009 [electronic resource] /
European Philosophy of Science Association ConferenceCorporate Author
EPSA(2009 :Amsterdam, Netherlands)
European Philosophy of Science Association.
de Regt, Henk W.editor.
Hartmann, Stephan.editor.
Okasha, Samir.editor.
This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.      Modeling Strategies for Measuring Phenomena In- and Outside the Laboratory -- Marcel Boumans,- 2.      Mating Intelligence, Moral Virtues, and Methodological Vices -- Tomislav Bracanovic -- 3. Rejected Posits, Realism, and the History of Science, Alberto Cordero.- 4. Explanation and Modelization in a Comprehensive Inferential Account -- Xavier de Donato-Rodríguez and Jesús Zamora-Bonilla.- 5.      Experimental Standards: Evaluating Success in Stem Cell Biology -- Fagan, Melinda -- 6.      Modeling Scientific Evidence: The Challenge of Specifying Likelihoods.-Patrick Forber.- 7.      Persistence in Minkowski Space-Time -- Cord Friebe.- 8.      Genuine versus Deceptive Emotional Displays, Jonathan Grose,- 9.      Tales of Tools and Trees: Phylogenetic Analysis and Explanation in Evolutionary Archaeology,- Wybo Houkes,   10.  Sustaining a Rational Disagreement,- Christoph Kelp and Igor Douven,-   11.  Philosophical Accounts of Causal Explanation and the Scientific Practice of Psychophysics,Tim Christian Kietzmann,- 12.  Meta-analysis as Judgment Aggregation, Berna Kilinc,- 13.  The Uninvited Guest: 'Local Realism' and the Bell Theorem, Federico Laudisa,- 14.  On Tins and Tin-openers, Michael Liston,-   15.  The Problem of Identifying the System and the Environment in the Phenomenon of Decoherence Olimpia Lombardi, Sebastian Fortin and Mario Castagnino,-  16.  Formal and Material Theories in Philosophy of Science: A Methodological Interpretation, Alan Love,-  17.  Axiological Scientific Realism and Methodological Prescription, Timothy D. Lyons,-  18.  Consensus Formation in Networked Groups, Carlo Martini,- 19.  Mirror Neurons and Social Cognition: An Expanded Simulationist Framework, John Michael,-   20.  Identity in Physics: Statistics and the (Non-)Individuality of Quantum Particles, Matteo Morganti,-   21.  The Fiber Bundle at the Gates of Metaphysics. Challenging Maudlin's Proposal,- Ioan Muntean,-   22.  The Phase Rule and the Notion of Substance, Paul Needham,- 23.  Pattern and Process in Eco-Devo: Descriptions and Explanations, Laura Nuño de la Rosa and Arantza Etxeberria, -            24.  Three Conceptions of Explaining How Possibly - And One Reductive Account, Johannes Persson,- 25.  An Improper Introduction to Epistemic Utility Theory, Richard Pettigrew,-   26.  Defending Underdetermination or Why the Historical Perspective Makes a Difference, Wolfgang Pietsch,-   27.  An Information Semantic Account of Scientific Models, Anna-Mari Rusanen and Otto Lappi, -  28.  Scienti?c Realism and Historical Evidence: Shortcomings of the Current State of Debate, Juha Saatsi,-   29.  Venetian Sea Levels, British Bread Prices and the Principle of the Common Cause: A Reassessment, Iñaki San Pedro, - 30.  Coincidences and How to Reason About Them, Elliott Sober, -  31.  Stopping Rules and Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials, Roger Stanev,-   32.  Two Comments on the Common Cause Principle in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, Chrysovalantis Stergiou,-  33.  The Role of Unification in Explanations of Facts, Erik Weber, Jeroen Van Bouwel and Merel Lefevere,-   34.  Calibration, Paul Weirich,-   35.  Observational Equivalence of Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions and the Role of Different Observations,Charlotte Werndl,-   36.  Demarcating Presentism, Christian Wuthrich. .
This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.
Philosophy and science.
Philosophy of Science.
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.
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