Characterizing the Robustness of Science After the Practice Turn in Philosophy of Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Soler, Léna (Editor), Trizio, Emiliano (Editor), Nickles, Thomas (Editor), Wimsatt, William (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 292
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Science.; Philosophy and science.; Biology > Philosophy.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Science.; Science, general.; Philosophy of Technology.; Philosophy of Biology.

Mature sciences have been long been characterized in terms of the “successfulness”, “reliability” or “trustworthiness” of their theoretical, experimental or technical accomplishments. Today many philosophers of science talk of “robustness”, often without specifying in a precise way the meaning of th...