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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.
List of 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 Progress Alexander Bird
- 27. Scientific Realism Timothy D. Lyons
- 28. Scientific Theories Hans Halvorson
- 29. Values in Science Heather Douglas
- Part III: New Directions
- 30. After Kuhn Philip Kitcher
- 31. Astronomy and Astrophysics Sybille Anderl
- 32. Challenges to Evolutionary Theory Denis Walsh
- 33. Complexity Theory Michael Strevens
- 34. Computer Simulation Johannes Lenhard
- 35. Data Aidan Lyon
- 36. Emergence Paul Humphreys
- 37. Empiricism and After Jim Bogen
- 38. Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy Stuart Glennan
- 39. Philosophy and Cosmology Claus Beisbart
- 40. Philosophy of Neuroscience Adina L. Roskies and Carl F. Craver
- 41. Social Organization of Science Martin Carrier
- 42. Spaces Dean Rickles
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
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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.
