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Scientific explanation and methodology of science : selected papers from the International Conference on SEMS 2012 Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China, 17-19 September 2012
Publication Information:
Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, [2014]
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xvi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
9789814596633

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Table of Contents

Andreas Bartels and Daniel WohlfarthKatherine BradingJames Robert BrownKai-Yuan ChengSeamus Bradley and Roman Frigg and Hadiang Du and Leonard A. SmithGuichim duoXiang HuangJanet A. KouranyChuang LiuJie LiuSergio F. MartínezIlkka NiiniluotoMichael StrevensXiao-Long Wan and Ming-Yi ChenZhu XuJie Yin and Lei ZhaoJiji Zhang and Peter Spirtes
Prefacep. v
Organizationp. vii
List of Participantsp. x
The Directedness of Time in Classical Cosmologyp. 1
Explanation, Special Relativity, and Presentismp. 16
A Muse of Firep. 32
SSK or ESW? - The Bloor-Lynch Debate Revisitedp. 45
Model Error and Ensemble Forecasting: A Cautionary Talep. 58
The Contextualist Basis of Scientific Explanationp. 67
On a Bottom-Up Approach to Scientific Discoveryp. 80
The New Ignorancep. 98
Models, Fiction, and Fictional Modelsp. 107
A Contextualist Interpretation of Mathematicsp. 128
Understanding as Integration of Heterogeneous Representationsp. 138
Approximation of Lawsp. 148
Science, Sex, and Pictures: Reflections on van Fraassen's Use of Perspective) RepresentationsKathleen Okruhlik
Bayesianism versus Confirmationp. 170
The Equivalent Transformation between Non-Truth-Function and Truth-Functionp. 176
Mechanism and Productive Eventp. 212
Social Science and the Bayesian Probability Explanation Modelp. 212
Choice of Units and the Causal Markov Conditionp. 240
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