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Zusatztext The topics covered and the authors who have contributed to this volume are impressive... I found that reading these essays while I was teaching my course in philosophy of science helped to give me new ways of discussing those topics with my students, and helped me connect them to new and different resources. Informationen zum Autor Paul Humphreys is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and co-Director of the Center for the Study of Knowledge and Data at the University of Virginia. His principal philosophical interests are general philosophy of science, emergence, computational science, probability, data, and digital humanities. Klappentext This Handbook combines coverage of traditional areas in the philosophy of science, such as causation, explanation, and theory structure, with chapters on new areas such as philosophy of astronomy, data, complexity theory, and emergence. The articles are accessible to scientifically educated non-philosophers as well as to philosophers. Zusammenfassung This handbook provides both an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in philosophy of science, as well as a guide to new directions in the discipline. Section I contains broad overviews of the main lines of research and the state of established knowledge in six principal areas of the discipline, including computational, physical, biological, psychological and social sciences, as well as general philosophy of science. Section II covers what are considered to be the traditional topics in the philosophy of science, such as causation, probability, models, ethics and values, and explanation. Section III identifies new areas of investigation that show promise of becoming important areas of research, including the philosophy of astronomy and astrophysics, data, complexity theory, neuroscience, simulations, post-Kuhnian philosophy, post-empiricist epistemology, and emergence. Most chapters are accessible to scientifically educated non-philosophers as well as to professional philosophers, and the contributors - all leading researchers in their field -- bring diverse perspectives from the North American, European, and Australasian research communities. This volume is an essential resource for scholars and students. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Contributors 1. Introduction: New Directions in Philosophy of Science Paul Humphreys Part I: Overviews 2. Advertisement for the Philosophy of the Computational Sciences Oron Shagrir 3. Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Naturalism and Anti-naturalism in the Philosophy of Social Science Francesco Guala 4. Philosophy of Biology Ben Fraser and Kim Sterelny 5. Philosophy of the Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Mark Sprevak 6. Philosophy of the Physical Sciences Carl Hoefer and Chris Smeenk 7. Having Science in View: General Philosophy of Science and its Significance Stathis Psillos Part II: Traditional Topics 8. Causation in Science James Woodward 9. Confirmation and Induction Jan Sprenger 10. Determinism and Indeterminism Charlotte Werndl 11. Epistemology and Philosophy of Science Otávio Bueno 12. Ethics in Science David B. Resnik 13. Experiment Uljana Feest and Friedrich Steinle 14. Game Theory Cristina Bicchieri and Giacomo Sillari 15. Instrumentalism: Global, Local, and Scientific P. Kyle Stanford 16. Laws of Nature John T. Roberts 17. Metaphysics in Science Richard Healey 18. Models and Theories Margaret Morrison 19. Natural Kinds Muhammad Ali Khalidi 20. Probability Antony Eagle 21. Representation in Science Mauricio Suárez 22. Reduction Andreas Hüttemann and Alan C. Love 23. Science and Non-Science Sven Ove Hansson 24. Scientific Concepts Hyundeuk Cheon and Edouard Machery 25. Scientific Explanation Bradford Skow 26. Scientific Prog...
