Current controversies in philosophy of science / edited by Shamik Dasgupta, Ravit Dotan, and Brad Weslake.
"Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science asks twelve philosophers to debate six questions that are driving contemporary work in this area of philosophy. The questions are: I. Are Boltzmann Brains Bad? II. Does Mathematical Explanation Require Mathematical Truth? III. Does Quantum Mechani...
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ravit Dotan and Shamik Dasgupta
- Part I. Are Boltzmann Brains Bad?: Why Boltzmann Brains are bad / Sean M. Carroll
- What follows from the possibility of Boltzmann Brains? / Matthew Kotzen
- Part II. Does mathematical explanation require mathematical truth?: Mathematical explanation requires mathematical truth / Christopher Pincock
- Mathematical explanation doesn't require mathematical truth / Mary Leng
- Part III. Does quantum mechanics suggest spacetime is nonfundamental?: Against wavefunction realism / David Wallace
- Separability, locality, and higher dimensions in quantum mechanics / Alyssa Ney
- Part IV. Is evolution fundamental when it comes to defining biological ontology?: Is evolution fundamental when it comes to biological ontology? / Maureen A. O'Malley
- Is evolution fundamental when it comes to defining biological ontology? Yes / Ellen Clarke
- Part V. Is chance ontologically fundamental?: Chance and the great divide / Ned Hall
- On chance (or, why i am only a half-Humean) / J. T. Ismael
- Part VI. Are sexes natural kinds?: Are sexes natural kinds? / Muhammad Ali Khalidi
- The animal sexes as historical explanatory kinds / Laura Franklin-Hall.