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New challenges to philosophy of science [electronic resource] / Hanne Andersen[and others], editors.

This volume is a serious attempt to open up the subject of European philosophy of science to real thought, and provide the structural basis for the interdisciplinary development of its specialist fields, but also to provoke reflection on the idea of 'European philosophy of science'. This e...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Andersen, Hanne, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013.
Series:Philosophy of science in a European perspective ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Teams A and D The Philosophy of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Computing with Mathematical Arguments / Jesse Alama, Reinhard Kahle
  • Is There a Unique Physical Entropy? Micro Versus Macro / Dennis Dieks
  • A Defence of the Principle of Information Closure against the Sceptical Objection / Luciano Floridi
  • Probabilistic Logics in Quantum Computation / Hector Freytes, Antonio Ledda, Giuseppe Sergioli, Roberto Giuntini
  • Quantum Observer, Information Theory and Kolmogorov Complexity / Alexei Grinbaum
  • Mathematical Philosophy? / Leon Horsten
  • The Value of Computer Science for Brain Research / Ulrike Pompe
  • On Algorithm and Robustness in a Non-standard Sense / Sam Sanders
  • Behavioral Dynamics under Climate Change Dilemmas / Francisco C. Santos, Jorge M. Pacheco
  • Reasoning about Quantum Actions: A Logician's Perspective / Sonja Smets
  • Branching Space-Times and Parallel Processing / Leszek Wroński
  • Team B Philosophy of Systems Biology. Simulation and System Understanding / Gabriele Gramelsberger
  • Synthetic Biology as an Engineering Science? Analogical Reasoning, Synthetic Modeling, and Integration / Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers
  • Causation and Counterfactual Dependence in Robust Biological Systems / Anders Strand, Gry Oftedal
  • Experimenting Communities in Stem Cell Biology: Exemplars and Interdisciplinarity / Melinda Bonnie Fagan
  • From Molecules to Networks: Adoption of Systems Approaches in Circadian Rhythm Research / William Bechtel
  • Interdisciplinarity as both Necessity and Hurdle for Progress in the Life Sciences / Olaf Wolkenhauer, Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr
  • Team C The Sciences of the Artificial vs. the Cultural and Social Sciences. Archaeology and Scientific Explanation: Naturalism, Interpretivism and "A Third Way" / Amparo Gómez
  • Idealization in Economics Modeling / Demetris Portides
  • From the Sciences that Philosophy Has "Neglected" to the New Challenges / Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
  • On the Philosophy of Applied Social Sciences / Ilkka Niiniluoto
  • The Status of Library Science: From Classification to Digitalization / Arto Siitonen
  • The Scientification of Forensic Practice / Paolo Garbolino
  • The Sciences of Design as Sciences of Complexity: The Dynamic Trait / Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
  • Epistemic Complexity and the Sciences of the Artificial / Subrata Dasgupta
  • Communication Sciences as Sciences of the Artificial: The Analysis of the Digital Terrestrial Television / María José Arrojo
  • Team E The Philosophy of the Sciences that Received Philosophy of Science Neglected: Historical Perspective. The Philosophy of the "Other Austrian Economics" / Elisabeth Nemeth
  • Philosophy of Biology in Early Logical Empiricism / Veronika Hofer
  • Participant Observation and Objectivity in Anthropology / Julie Zahle
  • Three Philosophical Approaches to Entomology / Jean-Marc Drouin
  • Chemistry and French Philosophy of Science. A Comparison of Historical and Contemporary Views / Anastasios Brenner, François Henn
  • The Life Sciences and French Philosophy of Science: Georges Canguilhem on Norms / Cristina Chimisso
  • Neglected History: Giulio Preti, the Italian Philosophy of Science, and the Neo-Kantian Tradition / Massimo Ferrari
  • Topology as an Issue for History of Philosophy of Science / Thomas Mormann
  • Philosophy, Linguistics, and the Philosophy of Linguistics / Graham Stevens
  • PSE Symposium at EPSA 2011: New Challenges to Philosophy of Science. Philosophy as Interdisciplinary Research / Olav Gjelsvik
  • Philosophy of Design Research / Theo A. F. Kuipers
  • Philosophy of Medicine and Model Design / Raffaella Campaner
  • Probabilistic Forecasting: Why Model Imperfection Is a Poison Pill / Roman Frigg, Seamus Bradley, Reason L. Machete, Leonard A. Smith
  • Dissensus in Science as a Fact and as a Norm / Daniel Andler.

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