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International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 13 Number 3 October 1999
EDITORIAL Introduction to the special issue on rationality JAMES ROBERT BROWN 213
ARTICLES On thought experiments as a priori science RICHARD ARTHUR 215
Living in the "space of reasons": the "rationality debate" revisited DAVID DAVIES 231
Mathematical engineering and mathematical change JEAN-PIERRE MARQUIS 245
Fundamental laws and the completeness of physics DAVID SPURRETT 261
What is historicism? ANDREW REYNOLDS 275
Balancing acts: rational agency and efficacious action MARY TILES 289
TITLE PAGE AND CONTENTS, VOLUME 13 301
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 13 Number 2 July 1999
EDITORIAL
"Dubrovnik" JAMES ROBERT BROWN 101
ARTICLES Reinflating the semantic approach STEVEN FRENCH & JAMES LADYMAN 103
Einstein’s theory of theories and types of theoretical explanation FRANCISCO FLORES 123
Multiple realization, reduction and mental properties MAX KISTLER 135
Causal cognition and causal realism RICCARDO VIALE 151
DISCUSSIONS Reduction and abduction in chemistry—a response to Scerri PAUL NEEDHAM 169
Response to Needham ERIC R. SCERRI 185
WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S NEW What’s new on the net KARYN FREEDMAN 193
BOOK REVIEWS Mary Leng on Penelope Maddy, Naturalism in Mathematics 195
Kent A. Peacock on James T. Cushing, Arthur Fine & Sheldon Goldstein (Eds), Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: an Appraisal 197
Andrew Reynolds on Charles Sanders Peirce, Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking: the 1903 Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism 201
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 13 Number 1 March 1999
ARTICLES On Field’s argument for substantivalism JERZY GOL§OSZ 5
Why manifold substantivalism is probably not a consequence of classical mechanics NICK HUGGETT 17
Rehabilitating relationalism GORDON BELOT 35
Incongruent counterparts and modal relationism CAROLYN BRIGHOUSE 53
The reality of now WILLIAMSEAGER 69
BOOK REVIEWS P. Henderson on Lorraine Daston, Classical Probability in the Enlightenment 83
Matthew MacKenzie on Stephen T. Asma, Following Form and Function: a Philosophical Archaeology of Life Science 84
Dawn Ogden on Robert N. Brandon, Concepts and Methods in Evolutionary Biology 86
Jutta Rockmann on Martin Carrier, The Completeness of Scientific Theories: on the Derivation of Empirical Indicators within a Theoretical Framework: the Case of Physical Geometry 89
Spas Spassov on Sahotra Sarkar (Ed.), The Philosophy and History of Molecular Biology: New Perspectives 91
John Taylor on Chris Nunn, Awareness: What it is, What it does 94
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 12 Number 3 October 1998
EDITORIAL GDR philosophy is history ULRICH JOHANNES SCHNEIDER 213
ARTICLES In defense of psychological laws MARTIN CARRIER 217
Bad arguments against a good case (Laudan’s attack on the strong programme) MÁRTA FEHÉR 233
The role of variation in thought experiments NEBOJSA KUJUNDZIC 239
On schizophrenic experiences of the neutron or why we should believe in the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory LEV VAIDMAN 245
Why the no-miracles argument fails CARL MATHESON 263
BOOK REVIEWS Chrisoula Andreou on James R. Wible, The Economics of Science: Methodology and Epistemology as if Economics Really Mattered 281
Andris Krumins on Lochlainn O’Raifeartaigh, The Dawning of Gauge Theory 284
Brendan Larvor on Michael D. Resnik, Mathematics as a Science of Patterns 287
Andre Vellino on Jean Goubault-Larrecq & Ian Mackie, Proof Theory and Automated Deduction 290
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Volume 12 Number 2 July 1998
EDITORIAL Adding a comparative dimension MARY TILES 109
ARTICLES Models and theories II: issues and applications CHUANG LIU 111
On the edge of a paradigm shift: quantum nonlocality and the breakdown of peaceful coexistence KENT A. PEACOCK 129
Gravitational lensing and Hacking’s extragalactic irreality JUTTA ROCKMANN 151
CRITICAL NOTICES Catherine Wilson’s The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope BRIAN S. BAIGRIE 165
Otto Neurath:Philosophy Between Science and Politics by Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Lola Fleck and Thomas E. Uebel KATHLEEN OKRUHLIK 175
WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S NEW What’s new on the net KARYN FREEDMAN 193
BOOK REVIEWS Mary Leng on Reuben Hersh, What is Mathematics, Really? 197 James Robert Brown on Stewart Shapiro, Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology 200
OBITUARY NOTICE 205
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 12 Number 1 March 1998
EDITORIAL Intellectual tithing JAMES ROBERT BROWN 5
ARTICLES Taxonomic incommensurability HOWARD SANKEY 7
Patterns of argumentation in Galileo’s Discorsi MARTA FEHÉR 17
McAllister’s aesthetics in science: a critical notice DAVID DAVIES 25
Popper’s naturalized approach to the reduction of chemistry ERIC R. SCERRI 33
WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S NEW The philosophy of science in German-speaking countries MARTIN CARRIER 45
What’s new on the net KARYN FREEDMAN 87
BOOK REVIEWS Joshua Mozersky on Huw Price, Time’s Arrow and Archimedes’ Point: New Directions for the Physics of Time 91
Rodney Watkins on Galen Strawson, Mental Reality 94
Andrew Reynolds on Jacqueline Brunning & Paul Forster (Eds), The Rule of Reason: The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce 96
James Robert Brown on Barry Barnes, David Bloor & John Henry, Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Approach and Steven Shapin, The Scientific Revolution 100
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 11 Number 3 October 1997 EDITORIAL Resisting the rise of nationalism NENAD MISCEVIC 221
ARTICLES Can Planck’s constant be measured with classical mechanics? HASOK CHANG 223
Laws of nature, natural history, and the description of the world JAMES W. MCALLISTER 245 Kitcher on reference STATHIS PSILLOS 259 The "making" of teenage pregnancy JAMES WONG 273 WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S NEW Philosophy of science in Western Canada A. D. IRVINE 289 What’s new on the net KARYN FREEDMAN 303 BOOK REVIEWSG Gordon Belot on Rob Clifton (Ed.), Perspectives on Quantum Reality: Non-Relativistic, Relativistic, and Field-Theoretic 305 Spas Spassov on Rinat M. Nugayev, Reconstruction of Scientific Theory Change 307 Alasdair Urquhart on Jagdish Mehra, The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman 311 OBITUARY NOTICES 315 TITLE PAGE AND CONTENTS, VOLUME 11 317
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 11 Number 2 July 1997 EDITOR'S PAGE 117 EDITORIAL Alan Sokal's "Transgressing Boundaries"
HELEN E. LONGINO 119 ARTICLES On a unified theory of models and thought experiments in natural
sciences GIOVANNI BONIOLO 121 Pluralism unconstrained STEVE CLARKE 143 Models and theories I: the semantic view revisited CHUANG LIU 147 Time as non-observational knowledge: how to straighten out I>Et>h CONSTANTIN ANTONOPOULOS 165 Ideal objects as models in science
WLADYSLAW KRAJEWSKI 185 WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S NEW Philosophy of science in The Netherlands
JAMES W. MCALLISTER 191 What's new on the net KARYN FREEDMAN 205 BOOK REVIEWS James Wong on F. F. Schmitt (Ed.), Socializing Epistemology: The Social Dimensions of Knowledge 207 David Morris on E. Thelen and L. B. Smith, A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action 210 James Robert Brown on W. B. Ewald (Ed.), From Kant to Hilbert: A Source Book in the Foundations of Mathematics 213
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 11 Number 1 March 1997 SPECIAL ISSUE: FESTSCHRIFT FOR J. R. LUCAS
Introduction ROM HARRÉ 5 On understanding understanding ROGER PENROSE 7
Resiliency, robustness and rationality of probability judgements JAMES LOGUE 21 As time goes by
MICHAEL LOCKWOOD 35 Realism and quantum mechanics PETER HODGSON 53 On the role of special relativity in general relativity HARVEY R. BROWN 67 The ontological duality of space-time variables ROM HARRÉ 83 Comments: reality and time J. R. LUCAS 97 Notes and News 109
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 10 Number 3 October 1996
Scientific value LARS BERGSTRÖM 189 Explanation and the quantum state JOHN FORGE 203 How Braess' paradox solves Newcomb's problem: not! LOUIS MARINOFF 217 A difficulty for Everett's many-worlds theory JOHN LESLIE 239 Getting ontologically natural SAMIi PIHLSTRÖM 247 Book Reviews 257
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 10 Number 2 July 1996
Editorial 101 Conventional naturalism: a perceptualist account
of pictorial representation SONIA SEDIVY 103 Why did the new physics force out the old?
RINAT M. NUGAYEV 127 Ampliative abduction JAMES BLACHOWICZ 141 What are numbers?
ZVONIMIR SIKIC 159 Book reviews 173
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Volume 10 Number 1 March 1996 Explanatory disunities and the unity of science DAVID DAVIES 5 Should reason by fragmented?
NENAD MISCEVIC 23 Normative naturalism and the challenge of relativism: Laudan versus Worrall on the justification of methodological principles HOWARD SANKEY 37 Fractal geometry-the case of a rapid career MICHAL TEMPCZYK 53
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