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Coherence is a burgeoning topic of research. Diverse methodologies have been applied to shed light on the topic and its relevance to fundamental questions throughout philosophy. The collection brings together the full scope of this research in a single volume. The first group of essays attack the core topic of the book: coherence. Authors in this section take up the challenging and controversial task of measuring the coherence of an information set, while others criticize this endeavor. The second group of papers in the collection relate this foundational research to a wide array of epistemological and metaphysical challenges. For example, some papers consider the relationship between truth and coherence. Is coherence truth conducive, and if yes, under which conditions? A related issue taken up in this volume is the connection between coherence and testimony. Are we justified in believing coherent reports by independent, though only partially reliable witnesses more than a single report? If yes, under which conditions does this claim hold true? By the end of the book, the reader should have a comprehensive understanding of topic of coherence, the controversy surrounding it, and its implications across the discipline of philosophy.
Truth --- Philosophy. --- Coherence theory. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Coherence theory of truth --- Philosophy (General). --- Philosophy, modern. --- Philosophy, general. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy --- Coherence theory --- Modern philosophy.
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This volume, the third in this Springer series, contains selected papers from the four workshops organized by the ESF Research Networking Programme "The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective" (PSE) in 2010: Pluralism in the Foundations of Statistics Points of Contact between the Philosophy of Physics and the Philosophy of Biology The Debate on Mathematical Modeling in the Social Sciences Historical Debates about Logic, Probability and Statistics The volume is accordingly divided in four sections, each of them containing papers coming from the workshop focussing on one of these themes. While the programme's core topic for the year 2010 was probability and statistics, the organizers of the workshops embraced the opportunity of building bridges to more or less closely connected issues in general philosophy of science, philosophy of physics and philosophy of the special sciences. However, papers that analyze the concept of probability for various philosophical purposes are clearly a major theme in this volume, as it was in the previous volumes of the same series. This reflects the impressive productivity of probabilistic approaches in the philosophy of science, which form an important part of what has become known as formal epistemology - although, of course, there are non-probabilistic approaches in formal epistemology as well. It is probably fair to say that Europe has been particularly strong in this area of philosophy in recent years.
Biology -- Philosophy. --- Genetic epistemology. --- Philosophy (General). --- Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses. --- Science -- Philosophy. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Physics --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematical Statistics --- Physics - General --- Philosophy --- Probabilities --- Philosophy. --- Probabilities. --- Statistics. --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Epistemology. --- Philosophy and science. --- Biology --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- Philosophy of Biology. --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Social sciences --- Vitalism --- Science and philosophy --- Science --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Econometrics --- Combinations --- Chance --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- Biology-Philosophy. --- Developmental psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Biology—Philosophy.
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This volume, the second in the Springer series Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, contains selected papers from the workshops organised by the ESF Research Networking Programme PSE (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective) in 2009. Five general topics are addressed: 1. Formal Methods in the Philosophy of Science; 2. Philosophy of the Natural and Life Sciences; 3. Philosophy of the Cultural and Social Sciences; 4. Philosophy of the Physical Sciences; 5. History of the Philosophy of Science. This volume is accordingly divided in five sections, each section containing papers coming from the meetings focussing on one of these five themes. However, these sections are not completely independent and detached from each other. For example, an important connecting thread running through a substantial number of papers in this volume is the concept of probability: probability plays a central role in present-day discussions in formal epistemology, in the philosophy of the physical sciences, and in general methodological debates---it is central in discussions concerning explanation, prediction and confirmation. The volume thus also attempts to represent the intellectual exchange between the various fields in the philosophy of science that was central in the ESF workshops.
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects. --- Science -- Philosophy. --- Science. --- Sciences sociales. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Science --- Social sciences --- Philosophy. --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Epistemology. --- Ontology. --- Philosophy and science. --- Biology --- Philosophy of nature. --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- Philosophy of Biology. --- Philosophy of Nature. --- Biology-Philosophy. --- Genetic epistemology. --- Nature --- Nature, Philosophy of --- Natural theology --- Being --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Substance (Philosophy) --- Developmental psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Biology—Philosophy. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Science and philosophy
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This volume sheds light on still unexplored issues and raises new questions in the main areas addressed by the philosophy of science. Bringing together selected papers from three main events, the book presents the most advanced scientific results in the field and suggests innovative lines for further investigation. It explores how discussions on several notions of the philosophy of science can help different scientific disciplines in learning from each other. Finally, it focuses on the relationship between Cambridge and Vienna in twentieth century philosophy of science. The areas examined in the book are: formal methods, the philosophy of the natural and life sciences, the cultural and social sciences, the physical sciences, and the history of the philosophy of science.
Science --- Philosophy. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy and science. --- Science and philosophy
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Modern science is, to a large extent, a model-building activity. But how are models contructed? How are they related to theories and data? How do they explain complex scientific phenomena, and which role do computer simulations play here? These questions have kept philosophers of science busy for many years, and much work has been done to identify modeling as the central activity of theoretical science. At the same time, these questions have been addressed by methodologically-minded scientists, albeit from a different point of view. While philosophers typically have an eye on general aspects of scientific modeling, scientists typically take their own science as the starting point and are often more concerned with specific methodological problems. There is, however, also much common ground in middle, where philosophers and scientists can engage in a productive dialogue, as the present volume demonstrates. To do so, the editors of this volume have invited eight leading scientists from cosmology, climate science, social science, chemical engeneering and neuroscience to reflect upon their modeling work, and eight philosophers of science to provide a commentary.
Complexity (Philosophy) --- Science --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Philosophy --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Philosophy. --- methods --- methodology
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This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.
Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses. --- Science --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Philosophy & Religion --- Sciences - General --- Philosophy --- Methodology --- Philosophy. --- Science. --- Philosophy and science. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Science, general. --- Science and philosophy --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science
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