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Conjunctive Explanations
Philosophers and psychologists are increasingly investigating the conditions under which multiple explanations are better in conjunction than they are individually. This book …
The Instrument of Science
Roughly, instrumentalism is the view that science is primarily, and should primarily be, an instrument for furthering our practical ends. It has fallen out of favour because …
Scientific Explanation, Causality, and Agency
This book draws on advances in computational neuroscience and theoretical biology to provide a clear and accessible agentive account of the nature of causality and scientific …
The Internet and Philosophy of Science
From the perspective of the philosophy of science, this book analyzes the Internet conceived in a broad sense. It includes three layers that require philosophical attention: (1) …
Understanding Perspectivism
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 …
The Aesthetics of Science
This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and …
Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences
This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth the logical empiricists’ philosophy of physics and to …
The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments
The relationship between aesthetics and science has begun to generate substantial interest. However, for the most part, the focus has been on the beauty of theories, and other …
Science, Freedom, Democracy
This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research. The chapters explore how these values …
Understanding and Conscious Experience
This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience. In doing so, it builds bridges between different philosophical disciplines and provides a metaphysically …
Structure, Evidence, and Heuristic
This book is the first systematic treatment of the philosophy of science underlying evolutionary economics. It does not advocate an evolutionary approach towards economics, but …
Scientific Challenges to Common Sense Philosophy
Common sense philosophy holds that widely and deeply held beliefs are justified in the absence of defeaters. While this tradition has always had its philosophical detractors who …