EPSA15 Selected Papers : The 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Düsseldorf / / edited by Michela Massimi, Jan-Willem Romeijn, Gerhard Schurz |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 358 p. 30 illus.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | European Studies in Philosophy of Science |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Philosophy and social sciences Modern philosophy Public policy Philosophy of Science Philosophy of the Social Sciences Modern Philosophy Public Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-53730-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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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Knowledge from a Human Point of View [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ana-Maria Crețu, Michela Massimi |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Epistemology Philosophy of Science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-030-27041-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction (Ana-Maria Crețu and Michela Massimi) -- Chapter 1. Attempting to Exit the Human Perspective: A Priori Experimentation in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (Rachel Zuckert) -- Chapter 2. Nietzsche’s Epistemic Perspectivism (Steven D. Hales) -- Chapter 3. Pluralism and Perspectivism in the American Pragmatist Tradition (Matthew J. Brown) -- Chapter 4. Hilary Putnam on Perspectivism and Naturalism (Mario De Caro) -- Chapter 5. Scientific Perspectives, Feminist Standpoints, and Non-Silly Relativism (Natalie Alana Ashton) -- Chapter 6. Perspectives, Questions, and Epistemic Value (Kareem Khalifa and Jared Millson) -- Chapter 7. Perspectivalism about Knowledge and Error (Nick Treanor) -- Chapter 8. Virtue Perspectivism, Externalism, and Epistemic Circularity (J. Adam Carter) -- Chapter 9. Knowledge from a Human Vantage Point (Barry Stroud). |
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Understanding perspectivism : scientific challenges and methodological prospects / / edited by Michela Massimi and Casey D. McCoy |
Autore | Massimi Michela |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Routledge studies in the philosophy of science |
Soggetto topico |
PHILOSOPHY / General
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects Science - Philosophy Opinion (Philosophy) |
Soggetto non controllato |
science
philosophy opinion |
ISBN |
1-351-38339-6
1-315-14519-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Table of Contents Introduction Michela Massimi and Casey D. McCoy Chapter 1. Pragmatism, Perspectivism, and the Historicity of Science Hasok Chang Chapter 2. Explanation, interdisciplinarity, and perspectives Melinda Bonnie Fagan Chapter 3. What is Perspectivism, and Does it Count as Realism? Paul Teller Chapter 4. Realism and Explanatory Perspectives Juha Saatsi Chapter 5. Universality and the Problem of Inconsistent Models Collin Rice Chapter 6. Representationalism in Measurement Theory. Structuralism or Perspectivalism? Johanna E. Wolff Chapter 7. Safe-and-substantive perspectivism David Danks Chapter 8. Charting the Heraclitean Brain: Perspectivism and Simplification in Models of the Motor Cortex Mazviita Chirimuuta Chapter 9. Cancer Modeling: the Advantages and Limitations of Multiple Perspectives Anya Plutynski Chapter 10. Perspectives, Representation, and Integration Sandra D. Mitchell |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910324949603321 |
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