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EPSA11 Perspectives and Foundational Problems in Philosophy of Science

By Dennis Dieks (Eds.) , Nancy Cartwright LSE and UCSD (auth.) , Vassilios Karakostas

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-319-01305-3, 978-3-319-01306-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-01306-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3936636 bytes)
Series
The European Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings 2
Edition
1
Pages
510\489
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Philosophy of

Description

This book contains a selection of original conference papers covering all major fields in the philosophy of science, that have been organized into themes. The first section of this volume begins with the formal philosophy of science, moves on to idealization, representation and explanation and then finishes with realism, anti-realism and special science laws. The second section covers the philosophy of the physical sciences, looking at quantum mechanics, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the philosophy of space and time, linking physics and metaphysics and the philosophy of chemistry. Further themed sections cover the philosophies of the life sciences, the cognitive sciences and the social sciences. Readers will find that this volume provides an excellent overview of the state of the art in the philosophy of science, as practiced in different European countries. ​

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