New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

This volume sheds light on still unexplored issues and raises new questions in the main areas addressed by the philosophy of science. Bringing together selected papers from three main events, the book presents the most advanced scientific results in the f

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Maria Carla Galavotti Dennis Dieks Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Stephan Hartmann Thomas Uebel Marcel Weber Editors

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE [THE PHILOSOPHY

OF

SCIENCE

IN A

EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE, VOL. 5]

Proceedings of the ESF Research Networking Programme

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE Volume 5

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 Cientificas, 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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Editors Maria Carla Galavotti Department of Philosophy and Communication University of Bologna Bologna, Italy Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Faculty of Humanities University of A Coruña Ferrol, Spain Thomas Uebel School of Social Sciences University of Manchester Manchester, UK

Dennis Dieks Institute for History and Foundations of Science Utrecht University Utrecht, The Netherlands Stephan Hartmann Center for Mathematical Philosophy Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Munich, Germany Marcel Weber Department of Philosophy University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland

ISBN 978-3-319-04381-4 ISBN 978-3-319-04382-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04382-1 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014940727 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose