EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Contingency and Inherency in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
- Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations
- Are ‘Identical Quantum Particles’ Weakly Discernible Objects?
- Wave–Particle Duality in Quantum Optics
- Remarks on a Structural Account of Scientific Explanation
- Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices
- Einstein, Kant, and the A Priori
- Causal Models and the Asymmetry of State Preparation
- Bell-Type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes
- Entanglement, Upper Probabilities and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics
- Gauge Symmetry and the Theta-Vacuum
- The Chemical Bond: Structure, Energy and Explanation
- Randomness, Financial Markets and the Brownian Motion: A Reflection on the Role of Mathematics in Their Interaction with Financial Theory After 1973
- Causation Across Levels, Constitution, and Constraint
- Epistemic Consequences of Two Different Strategies for Decomposing Biological Networks
- Matter(s) in Relativity Theory
- Individual Particles, Properties and Quantum Statistics
- Evolution and Directionality: Lessons from Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem
- Substantive General Covariance: Another Decade of Dispute
- Relativity, Locality and Tense
- A Weylian Approach Towards Theories of Matter: Dynamic Agents and Geometrisation
- Mirroring and Understanding Action
- Absolute Objects and General Relativity: Dynamical Considerations
- Empirical Foundation of Space and Time
- Making Contact with Observations
- The Formulation and Justification of Mathematical Definitions Illustrated By Deterministic Chaos
- Do We Need Some Large, Simple Randomized Trials in Medicine?
- Incontinence, Honouring Sunk Costs and Rationality
- Causal Fundamentalism in Physics