ISBN:
9789048132522
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (X, 332p. 5 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Logic
;
Biology Philosophy
;
Science Philosophy
;
Social sciences Philosophy
;
Philosophy
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Logic
;
Biology Philosophy
;
Science Philosophy
;
Social sciences Philosophy
Abstract:
These volumes collect a selection of papers presented at the Founding Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association meeting in Madrid. The volumes provide an excellent overview of the state of the art in philosophy of science as practised nowadays in different European countries.
Abstract:
These volumes collect a selection of papers presented at the Founding Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association meeting in Madrid. The volumes provide an excellent overview of the state of the art in philosophy of science as practised nowadays in different European countries. TOC:Contingency and Inherency in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Wave-Particle Duality in Quantum Optics. Remarks on a Structural Account of Scientific Explanation. Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices. Causal Models and the Asymmetry of State Preparation. Bell-type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes. Entanglement, Upper Probabilities and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics. The Chemical Bond: Structure, Energy and Explanation. Randomness, Financial Markets and the Brownian Motion: A Reflection on the Role of Mathematics in their Interaction with Financial Theory After 1973. Mechanisms and Downward Causation. Epistemic Consequences of Two Different Strategies for Decomposing Biological Networks. Individual Particles, Properties and Quantum Statistics. Evolution and Directionality: Lessons from Fishers Fundamental Theorem. Relativity, Locality and Tense. A Weylian Approach Towards Theories of Matter: Dynamic Agents and Geometrisation. Mirroring and Understanding Action. Absolute Objects and General Relativity: Dynamical Considerations. Making Contact with Observations. The Formulation and Justification of Mathematical Definitions Illustrated By Deterministic Chaos. Do we need some large, simple randomized trials in medicine? Causal Fundamentalism in Physics. Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations. Are `Identical Quantum Particles` Weakly Discernible Objects? Gauge Symmetry and the Theta-Vacuum. Matter(s) in Relativity Theory. Substantive General Covariance: Another Decade of Dispute. Empirical Foundation of Space and Time. Incontinence, Honouring Sunk Costs and Rationality.
Description / Table of Contents:
EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences; Contents; Introduction; 1 Contingency and Inherency in Evolutionary Developmental Biology; 2 Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations; 3 Are `Identical Quantum Particles' Weakly Discernible Objects?; 4 Wave-Particle Duality in Quantum Optics; 5 Remarks on a Structural Account of Scientific Explanation; 6 Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices; 7 Einstein, Kant, and the A Priori; 8 Causal Models and the Asymmetry of State Preparation; 9 Bell-Type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Entanglement, Upper Probabilities and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics11 Gauge Symmetry and the Theta-Vacuum; 12 The Chemical Bond: Structure, Energy and Explanation; 13 Randomness, Financial Markets and the Brownian Motion: A Reflection on the Role of Mathematics in Their Interaction with Financial Theory After 1973; 14 Causation Across Levels, Constitution, and Constraint; 15 Epistemic Consequences of Two Different Strategies for Decomposing Biological Networks; 16 Matter(s) in Relativity Theory; 17 Individual Particles, Properties and Quantum Statistics
Description / Table of Contents:
18 Evolution and Directionality: Lessons from Fisher's Fundamental Theorem19 Substantive General Covariance: Another Decade of Dispute; 20 Relativity, Locality and Tense; 21 A Weylian Approach Towards Theories of Matter: Dynamic Agents and Geometrisation; 22 Mirroring and Understanding Action; 23 Absolute Objects and General Relativity: Dynamical Considerations; 24 Empirical Foundation of Space and Time; 25 Making Contact with Observations; 26 The Formulation and Justification of Mathematical Definitions Illustrated By Deterministic Chaos
Description / Table of Contents:
27 Do We Need Some Large, Simple Randomized Trials in Medicine?28 Incontinence, Honouring Sunk Costs and Rationality; 29 Causal Fundamentalism in Physics; Index;
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DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-3252-2
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