Philosophy of Science Between the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Christian, Alexander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hommen, David (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Retzlaff, Nina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schurz, Gerhard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 9
• Θέματα: Philosophy and social sciences.; Philosophy of nature.; Biology-Philosophy.; Mathematics-Philosophy.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Philosophy of Nature.; Philosophy of Biology.; Philosophy of Mathematics.

This broad and insightful book presents current scholarship in important subfields of philosophy of science and addresses an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary readership. It groups carefully selected contributions into the four fields of I) philosophy of physics, II) philosophy of life science...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction (Alexander Christian, David Hommen, Nina Retzlaff and Gerhard Schurz)
• Part I: Philosophy of physics
• Chapter 1: Quantum Gravity: An Ideology of Unification? (Kian Salimkhani)
• Chapter 2: On Predictions and Explanations in Multiverse Scenarios (Keizo Matsubara)
• Chapter 3: The Role of the Concept of Causation in Physics (Enno Fischer)
• Chapter 4: Causality in General Relativity. "Partial Determination" Revisited (Andrea Reichenberger)
• Part II. Philosophy of life sciences
• Chapter 5: The Philosophical Concept of Agency between Systems Biology and Artificial Intelligence (Anne Sophie Meincke)
• Chapter 6. Functions, Malfunctioning, and Negative Causation (Ludger Jansen)
• Chapter 7. The Quantitative Problem for Theories of Function and Dysfunction (Thomas Schramme)
• Chapter 8. On the Explanatory Character of the Serial Endosymbiotic Theory of the Origin of Eukaryotic Cells (Javier Suárez and Roger Deulofeu)
• Part III. Philosophy of social sciences & values in science
• Chapter 9. Agnotological Challenges: How to Capture the Production of Ignorance (Martin Carrier)
• Chapter 10. The "Invisible Hand" as a Natural Law (Judith Würgler)
• Chapter 11. Micro Economics Between the Natural Sciences and the Humanities (Karsten Klint Jensen)
• Chapter 12. The Role of "Ought" in Value Theory: Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives (Elizaveta Kostrova)
• Chapter 13. From Stability to Validity: How Standards Serve Epistemic Ends (Lara Huber)
• Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics & formal modeling
• Chapter 14. A Theory of Constitutive Inference for the Regularity Account of Mechanistic Constitution (Jens Harbecke). Chapter 15. Recognition Procedures and Dag Prawitz's Theory of Grounds (Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona)
• Chapter 16. Exploratory Modes of Scientific Inquiry: From Experimentation to Modeling (Axel Gelfert).