Paul Humphreys is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and co-Director of the Center for the Study of Knowledge and Data at the University of Virginia. His principal philosophical interests are general philosophy of science, emergence, computational science, probability, data, and digital humanities.
Contributors
1. Introduction: New Directions in Philosophy of Science Paul Humphreys
Part I: Overviews 2. Advertisement for the Philosophy of the Computational Sciences Oron Shagrir 3. Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Naturalism and Anti-naturalism in the Philosophy of Social Science Francesco Guala 4. Philosophy of Biology Ben Fraser and Kim Sterelny 5. Philosophy of the Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Mark Sprevak 6. Philosophy of the Physical Sciences Carl Hoefer and Chris Smeenk 7. Having Science in View: General Philosophy of Science and its Significance Stathis Psillos
Part II: Traditional Topics
8. Causation in Science James Woodward 9. Confirmation and Induction Jan Sprenger 10. Determinism and Indeterminism Charlotte Werndl 11. Epistemology and Philosophy of Science Otávio Bueno 12. Ethics in Science David B. Resnik 13. Experiment Uljana Feest and Friedrich Steinle 14. Game Theory Cristina Bicchieri and Giacomo Sillari 15. Instrumentalism: Global, Local, and Scientific P. Kyle Stanford 16. Laws of Nature John T. Roberts 17. Metaphysics in Science Richard Healey 18. Models and Theories Margaret Morrison 19. Natural Kinds Muhammad Ali Khalidi 20. Probability Antony Eagle 21. Representation in Science Mauricio Suárez 22. Reduction Andreas Hüttemann and Alan C. Love 23. Science and Non-Science Sven Ove Hansson 24. Scientific Concepts Hyundeuk Cheon and Edouard Machery 25. Scientific Explanation Bradford Skow 26. Scientific Progress Alexander Bird 27. Scientific Realism Timothy D. Lyons 28. Scientific Theories Hans Halvorson 29. Values in Science Heather Douglas
Part III: New Directions 30. After Kuhn Philip Kitcher 31. Astronomy and Astrophysics Sybille Anderl 32. Challenges to Evolutionary Theory Denis Walsh 33. Complexity Theory Michael Strevens 34. Computer Simulation Johannes Lenhard 35. Data Aidan Lyon 36. Emergence Paul Humphreys 37. Empiricism and After Jim Bogen 38. Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy Stuart Glennan 39. Philosophy and Cosmology Claus Beisbart 40. Philosophy of Neuroscience Adina L. Roskies and Carl F. Craver 41. Social Organization of Science Martin Carrier 42. Spaces Dean Rickles
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