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New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Series Editor:
Steven French,
Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK
The philosophy of science is going through exciting times. New and productive
relationships are being sought with the history of science. Illuminating and inno-
vative comparisons are being developed between the philosophy of science and
the philosophy of art. The role of mathematics in science is being opened up to
renewed scrutiny in the light of original case studies. The philosophies of partic-
ular sciences are both drawing on and feeding into new work in metaphysics and
the relationships between science, metaphysics and the philosophy of science in
general are being re-examined and reconfigured.
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of science that embraces novel directions and fresh perspectives.
To this end, our aim is to publish books that address issues in the philosophy of
science in the light of these new developments, including those that attempt to
initiate a dialogue between various perspectives, offer constructive and insightful
critiques, or bring new areas of science under philosophical scrutiny.
Titles include
THE APPLICABILITY OF MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE
Indispensability and Ontology
Sorin Bangu
PHILOSOPHY OF STEM CELL BIOLOGY
Knowledge in Flesh and Blood
Melinda Fagan
SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY AND NATURAL KINDS
From Planets to Mallards
P.D. Magnus
COMBINING SCIENCE AND METAPHYSICS
Contemporary Physics, Conceptual Revision and Common Sense
Matteo Morganti
COUNTERFACTUALS AND SCIENTIFIC REALISM
Michael J. Shaffer
MODELS AS MAKE-BELIEVE
Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation
Adam Toon
Forthcoming titles include
THE PHILOSOPHY OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Alex Broadbent
SCIENTIFIC MODELS AND REPRESENTATION
Gabriele Contessa
CAUSATION AND ITS BASIS IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS
Douglas Kutach
ARE SPECIES REAL?
Matthew Slater
THE NATURE OF CLASSIFICATION
John S. Wilkins and Malte C. Ebach
New Directions of the Philosophy of Science
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Combining Science
and Metaphysics
Contemporary Physics, Conceptual
Revision and Common Sense
Matteo Morganti
University of Roma TRE, Italy
© Matteo Morganti 2013
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