New Waves in Philosophy of Science

2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-22263-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: New Waves in Philosophy

New Waves in Philosophy of Science 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Magnus, P.

Busch, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Foreword List of Contributors Form vs. Content-driven Arguments for Realism; J.Saatsi Optimism About the Pessimistic Induction; S.Roush Metaphysics Between the Sciences and Philosophies of Science; A.Chakravartty Nominalism and Inductive Generalizations; J.Pfeifer Models and Scientific Representations; O.Bueno The Identical Rivals Response to Underdetermination; G.Frost-Arnold & P.D.Magnus Scientific Representation and the Semiotics of Pictures; L.Perini Philosophy of the Environmental Sciences; J.Odenbaugh Value Judgments and the Estimation of Uncertainty in Climate Modeling; J.Biddle & E.Winsberg Feminist Standpoint Empiricism: Rethinking the Terrain in Feminist Philosophy of Science; K.Intemann Naturalism and the Enlightenment Ideal: Rethinking a Central Debate in the Philosophy of Social Science; D.Steel New Approaches to the Division of Cognitive Labour; M.Weisberg Index

Über Autor(innen)

JUSTIN BIDDLE is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA OTÁVIO BUENO is Professor of Philosophy,University of Miami, USA ANJAN CHAKRAVARTTY, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, and Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada GREGORY FROST-ARNOLD is Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA KRISTEN INTEMANN is an Assistant Professor at Montana State University, USA JAY ODENBAUGH is Assistant Professor at Lewis and Clark College, USA LAURA PERINI IS Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Pomona College, USA JESSICA PFEIFER is Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, USA SHERRILYN ROUSH is Associate Professor, The University of Berkeley, USA JUHA SAATSI is a teaching fellow at the University of Leeds, UK DANIEL STEEL is Associate Professor at Michigan State University, USA MICHAEL WEISBERG is Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA ERIC WINSBERG is Associate Professor, University of South Florida, USA.