EPSA Epistemology and Methodology of Science: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Naturalism and the Scientific Status of the Social Sciences....Pages 1-12
Reconsidering Gilbert’s Account of Social Norms....Pages 13-22
Theories for Use: On the Bearing of Basic Science on Practical Problems....Pages 23-33
Structural Realism as a Form of Humility....Pages 35-45
Approaching the Truth via Belief Change in Propositional Languages....Pages 47-62
Can Graphical Causal Inference Be Extended to Nonlinear Settings?....Pages 63-72
Towards a Grammar of Bayesian Confirmation....Pages 73-93
Epistemic Accuracy and Subjective Probability....Pages 95-105
Interpretation in the Natural Sciences....Pages 107-117
Multiple Realizability and Mind-Body Identity....Pages 119-127
Why Should Philosophers of Science Pay Attention to the Commercialization of Academic Science?....Pages 129-138
Some Consequences of the Pragmatist Approach to Representation....Pages 139-148
The Gray Area for Incorruptible Scientific Research....Pages 149-164
Epistemic Replacement Relativism Defended....Pages 165-175
Models and Truth....Pages 177-187
Theory Change, Truthlikeness, and Belief Revision....Pages 189-199
Mechanisms: Are Activities up to the Job?....Pages 201-209
Why the Model-Theoretic View of Theories Does Not Adequately Depict the Methodology of Theory Application....Pages 211-220
A Deflationary, Neo-Mertonian Critique of Academic Patenting....Pages 221-231
‘I Want to Look Like a Lady, Not Like a Factory Worker’ Rose Rand, a Woman Philosopher of the Vienna Circle....Pages 233-244
Natural Kind Theory as a Tool for Philosophers of Science....Pages 245-254
Whence Ontological Structural Realism?....Pages 255-265
Local, General and Universal Prediction Methods: A Game-Theoretical Approach to the Problem of Induction....Pages 267-278
Multiple Contraction Revisited....Pages 279-288
Statistical Inference Without Frequentist Justifications....Pages 289-297
Carnap and the Perils of Ramseyfication....Pages 299-310
Naturalizing Meaning Through Epistemology: Some Critical Notes....Pages 311-321
What Games Do Scientists Play? Rationality and Objectivity in a Game-Theoretic Approach to the Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge....Pages 323-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-341