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Theories for Use: On the Bearing of Basic Science on Practical Problems
science policy model applied research
2008/4/21
Funding policies for science are usually directed at supporting technological innovations. The im-pact and success of such policies depend crucially on how science and technology are connected to each...
THEORIES OF REFERENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
theories of reference incommensurability causal descriptivism
2008/4/21
It has sometimes been suggested that the so-called new theory of reference (NTR) would provide an alternative picture of meaning and reference which avoids the unwelcome consequences of the meaning-va...
This volume originated in a conference on "The Place of Thought Experiments in Science and Philosophy" which was organized by us and held at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of P...
Towards a systemic research methodology in agriculture: Rethinking the role of values in science
agricultural systems research context holistic
2008/4/21
This paper takes some steps towards developing a systemic research methodology – a general self-reflexive methodology that forms a basis for doing wholeness-oriented research and provides appropriate ...
This paper evaluates a general argument for the conclusion that visual representations in science must play the role of truth bearers if they are to figure as legitimate components of scientific argum...
``No one has ever touched Zeno without refuting him''. We will not refute Zeno in this paper. Instead we review some unexpected encounters of Zeno with modern science. The paper begins with a brief bi...
Non-intuitive ideas in science, such as the constancy of the speed of light in all reference frames or the hierarchy of transfinites, are always based on elementary observations and primitive notions ...
Metaphysics of science between metaphysics and science
metaphysics of science supervenience block universe
2008/4/15
The paper argues that metaphysics depends upon science when it comes to claims about the constitution of the real world. That thesis is illustrated by considering the examples of global supervenience,...
Models are a principle instrument of modern science. They are built, applied, tested, compared, revised and interpreted in an expansive scientific literature. Throughout this paper, I will argue that ...
MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN SCIENCE: A DEBATE ABOUT ONTOLOGY
Mathematical realism Indispensability argument
2008/4/15
Some philosophers of mathematics argue that the role of mathematical models in science is merely representational: when scientists use mathematical models they only believe that they are adequate repr...
Is Intelligent Design Science? Dissecting the Dover Decision
intelligent design creationism demarcation question
2008/4/15
In the case of Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District, et al., Judge Jones ruled that a pro-intelligent design disclaimer cannot be read to public school students. In his decision, he gave de...
Introduction to The Philosophy of Physics: Volume 2 of the North-Holland series, the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
relativity theory quantum theory thermal physics
2008/4/15
This is the editors' introduction to a new anthology of commissioned articles covering the various branches of philosophy of physics. We introduce the articles in terms of the three pillars of modern ...
Part One of the paper begins by recalling a historic conference in 1969 that argued the importance of work that would draw on both history and philosophy of science, two academic fields that had in th...
Innateness and Science
Science Innateness
2008/4/14
Although a huge range of definitions has accumulated in the philosophy, biology and psychology literatures, no consensus has been reached on exactly what innateness amounts to. This has helped fuel an...
In Defence of Constructive Empiricism: Metaphpysics versus Science
constructive empiricism metaphysical realism
2008/4/14
A defence of constructive empiricism against an attack of N. Maxwell by means of his pet-thesis that science implicitly and permanently accepts a metaphysical thesis about the nature of the universe. ...