Understanding Perspectivism

Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-09218-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. The book brings together an array of essays that reflect on the methodological promises and scientific challenges of perspectivism in a variety of fields such as physics, biology, cognitive neuroscience, and cancer research, just as a few examples. What are the advantages of using a plurality of perspectives in a given scientific field and for interdisciplinary research? Can different perspectives be integrated? What is the relation between perspectivism, pluralism, and pragmatism? These ten new essays by top scholars in the field offer a polyphonic journey towards understanding the view called ‘perspectivism’ and its relevance to science.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massimi, Michela

McCoy, Casey D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Michela Massimi is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2011-2016) and Vice President of the European Philosophy of Science Association (2015-2019).

Casey D. McCoy is a Postdoc at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research falls primarily within the philosophy of science and the philosophy of science and the philosophy of physics, and he has written on topics including inflationary cosmology, fine-tuning problems in physics, and the interpretation of statistical mechanics.