Luc Bovens / Stephan Hartmann (eds.)

Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science

Herausgeber: Bovens, Luc; Hoefer, Carl; Hartmann, Stephan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nancy Cartwright is one of the most distinguished and influential contemporary philosophers of science. Despite the profound impact of her work, there is neither a systematic exposition of Cartwright's philosophy of science nor a collection of articles that contains in-depth discussions of the major themes of her philosophy. This book is devoted to a critical assessment of Cartwright's philosophy of science and contains contributions from Cartwright's champions and critics. Broken into three parts, the book begins by addressing Cartwright's views on the practice of model building in science and the question of how models represent the world before moving on to a detailed discussion of methodologically and metaphysically challenging problems. Finally, the book addresses Cartwright's original attempts to clarify profound questions concerning the metaphysics of science. With contributions from leading scholars, such as Ronald N. Giere and Paul Teller, this unique volume will be extremely useful to philosophers of science the world over.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9780415386005
• ISBN-10: 0415386004
• Artikelnr.: 22516143

Autorenporträt

Stephan Hartmann is Chair in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at Tilburg University and Director of the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science. Luc Bovens is Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics. Carl Hoefer is an ICREA Research Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1 Hoefer: Introducing Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
Part I. Models and Representations
2 Bailer-Jones, D. Standing up Against Tradition: Models and Theories in
Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
Replies by Cartwright
1. Gäehde, U. Nancy Cartwright on Theories, Models and Their Application
to Reality: A Case Study
Replies by Cartwright
2. Morrison, M. Models as Representational Structures
Replies by Cartwright
3. Teller, P. The Finewright Theory
Replies by Cartwright
Part II. Causes and Capacities
4. Giere, R. Models, Metaphysics and Methodology
Replies by Cartwright
5. Suarez, M. Experimental Realism Defended: How Inference to the Most
Likely Cause Might Be Sound
Replies by Cartwright
6. Psillos, S. Cartwright's Realist Toil: From Entities to Capacities
Replies by Cartwright
7. Woodward, J. Invariance, Modularity, And All That: Cartwright on
Causation
Replies by Cartwright
8. Martel, I. The Principle of the Common Cause, The Causal Markov
Condition, and Quantum Mechanics: Comments on Cartwright
Replies by Cartwright
9. Reiss, J. Social Capacities
Replies by Cartwright
10. Schmidt-Petri, C. Cartwright and Mill on Tendencies and Capacities
Replies by Cartwright
Part III. Antifundamentalism and the Disunity of Science
11. Hoefer, C. For Fundamentalism
Replies by Cartwright
12. Esfeld, M. Cartwright on Wholism
Replies by Cartwright
13. Falkenburg, B. How Classical and Quantum States Relate: Cartwright's
Views of Quantum Theory
Replies by Cartwright
14. Nordmann, A. Getting the Causal Story Right: Hermeneutic Moments in
Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
Replies by Cartwright
Notes on Contributors
Index