New Challenges to Philosophy of Science

This volume is a serious attempt to open up the subject of European philosophy of science to real thought, and provide the structural basis for the interdisciplinary development of its specialist fields, but also to provoke reflection on the idea of ‘Euro

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Hanne Andersen · Dennis Dieks Wenceslao J. Gonzalez · Thomas Uebel Gregory Wheeler Editors

New Challenges to Philosophy of Science

NEW CHALLENGES TO PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE [THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE, VOL. 4]

Proceedings of the ESF Research Networking Programme

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE Volume 4

Steering Committee Maria Carla Galavotti, University of Bologna, Italy (Chair) Diderik Batens, University of Ghent, Belgium Claude Debru, École Normale Supérieure, France Javier Echeverria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti¿cas, Spain Michael Esfeld, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Jan Faye, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Olav Gjelsvik, University of Oslo, Norway Theo Kuipers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Ladislav Kvasz, Comenius University, Slovak Republic Adrian Miroiu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania Ilkka Niiniluoto, University of Helsinki, Finland Tomasz Placek, Jagiellonian University, Poland Demetris Portides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Wlodek Rabinowicz, Lund University, Sweden Miklós Rédei, London School of Economics, United Kingdom (Co-Chair) Friedrich Stadler, University of Vienna and Institute Vienna Circle, Austria Gregory Wheeler, New University of Lisbon, FCT, Portugal Gereon Wolters, University of Konstanz, Germany (Co-Chair)

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New Challenges to Philosophy of Science

Editors Hanne Andersen Center for Science Studies Aarhus University Denmark Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Faculty of Humanities University of A Coruña Ferrol, Spain

Dennis Dieks Institute for History and Foundations of Science Utrecht University The Netherlands Thomas Uebel Philosophy School of Social Science The University of Manchester United Kingdom

Gregory Wheeler Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CENTRIA) Department of Computer Science New University of Lisbon Portugal Department of Philosophy Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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