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9780230222649

New Waves in Philosophy of Science

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230222649

  • ISBN10:

    0230222641

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-01-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

P.D. MAGNUS is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University at Albany, SUNY.

JACOB BUSCH is a teaching fellow in Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figuresp. vii
Series Editors' Prefacep. viii
Notes on Contributorsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Form-driven vs. Content-driven Arguments for Realismp. 8
Optimism about the Pessimistic Inductionp. 29
Metaphysics between the Sciences and Philosophies of Sciencep. 59
Nominalism and Inductive Generalizationsp. 78
Models and Scientific Representationsp. 94
The Identical Rivals Response to Underdeterminationp. 112
Scientific Representation and the Semiotics of Picturesp. 131
Philosophy of the Environmental Sciencesp. 155
Value Judgements and the Estimation of Uncertainty in Climate Modelingp. 172
Feminist Standpoint Empiricism: Rethinking the Terrain in Feminist Philosophy of Sciencep. 198
Naturalism and the Enlightenment Ideal: Rethinking a Central Debate in the Philosophy of Social Sciencep. 226
New Approaches to the Division of Cognitive Laborp. 250
Indexp. 270
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