Screen LibraryNew directions in the philosophy of science /
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The philosophy of science in a European perspective ;
volume 5 |
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| Item Description: |
"Proceedings of the ESF Research Networking Programme"--Series title page. Selected articles from presentations given at three events organized by the European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme in 2012: the conference "New directions in the philosophy of science," held October 17-20 at the University of Bologna; the workshop "Causation, dispositions and probabilities in physics and biology," held November 22-24 at the University of Lausanne; and the workshop "Philosophy and the sciences - old visions, new directions," held November 30-December 1 at the University of Cambridge. (Preface). |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 773 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319043814 : 3319043811 |
| Index Number: | Q175 |
| CLC: | N02 |
| Call Number: | N02/N532-2 |
| Contents: | Things in possible experiments : case-intensional logic as a framework for tracing things from case to case / Thomas Müller -- The proof is in the process : a preamble for a philosophy of computer-assisted mathematics / Liesbeth De Mol -- The future role of computation in science and society / Patrick Suppes -- In no categorical terms : a sketch for an alternative route to a Humean interpretation of laws / Kerry McKenzie -- The undeniable effectiveness of mathematics in the special sciences / Mark Colyvan -- Comment on "The undeniable effectiveness of mathematics in the special sciences" / |