New Waves in Philosophy of Science captures the diverse array of issues in the rapidly developing area of philosophy of science by bringing together a poolof talented young philosophers from across the globe to debate the field and show where it's heading. INDICE: Series Editors' Foreword - List of Contributors - Form vs. Content-driven Arguments for Realism; J.Saatsi - Optimism About the Pessimistic Induction; S.Roush - Metaphysics Between the Sciences and Philosophies of Science; A.Chakravartty - Nominalism and Inductive Generalizations; J.Pfeifer - Models and Scientific Representations; O.Bueno - The Identical Rivals Response to Underdetermination; G.Frost-Arnold ; P.D.Magnus - Scientific Representation and the Semiotics of Pictures; L.Perini - Philosophy of the Environmental Sciences;J.Odenbaugh - Value Judgments and the Estimation of Uncertainty in Climate Modeling; J.Biddle ; E.Winsberg - Feminist Standpoint Empiricism: Rethinking theTerrain in Feminist Philosophy of Science; K.Intemann - Naturalism and the Enlightenment Ideal: Rethinking a Central Debate in the Philosophy of Social Science; D.Steel - New Approaches to the Division of Cognitive Labour; M.Weisberg- Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22263-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 18/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés