New waves in philosophy of science
By: edited by P.D. Magnus and Jacob Busch
Series: New waves in philosophy; New waves in philosophy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780230222649; 9780230222632
Description: "This book captures the diverse array of issues in the rapidly developing area of philosophy of science by bringing together a pool of talented young philosophers from across the globe to debate the field and show where it's heading"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Form-driven vs. content-driven arguments for realism / Juha Saatsi; title: 2. Optimism about the pessimistic induction / Sherrilyn Roush; title: 3. Metaphysics between the sciences and philosophies of science / Anjan Chakravartty; title: 4. Nominalism and inductive generalizations / Jessica Pfeifer; title: 5. Models and scientific representations / Otávio Bueno; title: 6. The identical rivals response to underdetermination / Gregory Frost-Arnold and P.D. Magnus; title: 7. Scientific representation and the semiotics of pictures / Laura Perini; title: 8. Philosophy of the environmental sciences / Jay Odenbaugh; title: 9. Value judgements and the estimation of uncertainty in climate modeling / Justin Biddle and Eric Winsberg; title: 10. Feminist standpoint empiricism : rethinking the terrain in feminist philosophy of science / Kristen Intemann; title: 11. Naturalism and the Enlightenment ideal : rethinking a central debate in the philosophy of social science / Daniel Steel; title: 12. New approaches to the division of cognitive labor / Michael Weisberg.