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Nuance is not a virtue of good sociological theory. Although often demanded and superficially attractive, nuance inhibits the abstraction on which good theory d...

A clear, concise introduction to the quickly growing field of complexity science that explains its conceptual and mathematical foundations What is a complex ...

When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions - Volume 78 Issue 4

Abstract. I define ‘philosophical scepticism’ as the view that philosophers do not and cannot know many of the substantive philosophical claims that they m

Nancy Cartwright, Causal Laws and Effective Strategies, Noûs, Vol. 13, No. 4, Special Issue on Counterfactuals and Laws (Nov., 1979), pp. 419-437

Lloyd (2009) contends that climate models are confirmed by various instances of fit between their output and observational data. The present paper argues that what these instances of fit might confir....

Population axiology is the study of the conditions under which one state of affairs is better than another, when the states of affairs in question may differ over the numbers and the identities of th....

This article is a mutual introduction of the science of well-being to philosophy of science and an explanation of how the two disciplines can benefit each other. In the process, I argue that the scie....

Building on his national bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject.Innovation is the main event of the m...

Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology - Volume 67 Issue S3

Models as Mediators - October 1999

Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in...

Lorraine Daston, The Moral Economy of Science, Osiris, Vol. 10, Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science (1995), pp. 2-24

Histoire d'une science impossible, Éditions de la Sorbonne (Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard)

How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation, we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking ab...

To imagine is to represent without aiming at things as they actually, presently, and subjectively are. One can use imagination to represent possibilities other than the actual, to represent times other than the present, and to represent perspectives other than one’s own. Unlike perceiving and believing, imagining something does not require one to consider that something to be the case. Unlike desiring or anticipating, imagining something does not require one to wish or expect that something to be the case.

A flexible and comprehensive introduction to the main currents in philosophy of science., Philosophy of Science, The Central Issues, J. A. Cover, Martin Curd, Christopher Pincock, 9780393919035

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Economists often justify their advocacy of free markets by the invisible-hand hypothesis. Recall from Chapter 12 that the hypothesis holds that if people pursue

: Écoutez Diderot justifier la vivisection des condamnés à mort, devenus inhumains par leur déchéance civique. Écoutez Pasteur demander à l'empereur du Brésil des corps de détenus pour expér...

‘Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas … The Status Game might be his best yet’ James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times What drives our political and moral beliefs? What makes ...

This chapter shows how work in philosophy of science (PS) on pluralism and perspectivism can enhance history of science (HS). It provides a case-study from HS:

This chapter argues that the most promising way to integrate the history and philosophy of science is the historicist-hermeneutic approach. It presents the main

This chapter describes the development of enactivist thought from its cybernetic origins, via the autopoietic theory of the Chilean cyberneticist Humberto

This chapter shows how Francophone Philosophy of Science (PS), or what is called French epistemology, embodies this interconnectedness. It highlights some

This chapter discusses historical epistemology in fact revolves around enduring difficulties in conceptualising the correct or most fruitful interaction between

This chapter deals with one of the core theoretical problems within integrated History and Philosophy of Science (iHPS), namely how History and Philosophy of

This chapter focuses on the work done on narrative in Philosophy of Science by considering how it may help provide a general framework for current models of

This chapter argues that the problem of understanding past scientific research practice – that is, the particular way in which scientists processed a given

Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in...