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oapen-20.500.12657-639382023-07-15T02:46:34Z Philosophy of Astrophysics Mills Boyd, Nora De Baerdemaeker, Siska Heng, Kevin Matarese, Vera Philosophy of astrophysics Philosophy of science Astrophysics Metaphysics and epistemology Simulation of the universe constellations and philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PG Astronomy, space & time bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPK Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge This is an open access book. This book, the first edited collection of its kind, explores the recent emergence of philosophical research in astrophysics. It assembles a variety of original essays from scholars who are currently shaping this field, and it combines insightful overviews of the current state of play with novel, significant contributions. It therefore provides an ideal source for understanding the current debates in philosophy of astrophysics, and it offers new ideas for future cutting-edge research. The selection of essays offered in this book addresses methodological and metaphysical questions that target a wide range of topics, including dark matter, black holes, astrophysical observations and modelling. The book serves as the first standard resource in philosophy of astrophysics for all scholars who work in the field and want to expand or deepen their knowledge, but it also provides an accessible guide for all those philosophers and scientists who are interested in getting a first, basic understanding of the main issues in philosophy of astrophysics. 2023-07-14T15:42:22Z 2023-07-14T15:42:22Z 2023 book ONIX_20230714_9783031266188_24 9783031266188 9783031266171 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63938 eng Synthese Library application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-26618-8.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-26618-8 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-26618-8 10.1007/978-3-031-26618-8 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 7c2060f2-e7de-4b01-9dc1-a8115fbc0d9e 2a262a0f-7f1c-4199-a420-1d4a81b21208 9783031266188 9783031266171 Springer International Publishing 472 332 Cham [...] [...] open access
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This is an open access book. This book, the first edited collection of its kind, explores the recent emergence of philosophical research in astrophysics. It assembles a variety of original essays from scholars who are currently shaping this field, and it combines insightful overviews of the current state of play with novel, significant contributions. It therefore provides an ideal source for understanding the current debates in philosophy of astrophysics, and it offers new ideas for future cutting-edge research. The selection of essays offered in this book addresses methodological and metaphysical questions that target a wide range of topics, including dark matter, black holes, astrophysical observations and modelling. The book serves as the first standard resource in philosophy of astrophysics for all scholars who work in the field and want to expand or deepen their knowledge, but it also provides an accessible guide for all those philosophers and scientists who are interested in getting a first, basic understanding of the main issues in philosophy of astrophysics.
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