THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
Part I Philosophy of Science: Formal Philosophy of Science Evidence, Argument and Prediction 3 Models, Simulations, and Analogical Inference 19 Intuitionistic Semantics for Fitch’s Paradox 29 Correlation and Truth 41 The Limits of Probabilism 55 Part II Philosophy of Science: Idealization, Representation and Explanation How Organization Explains 69 Mechanistic Explanation: Asymmetry Lost 81 Deflationism on Scientific Representation 93 Idealization in Physics Modeling 103 Explanatory Models Versus Predictive Models: Reduced Complexity Modeling in Geomorphology 115 Part III Philosophy of Science: Realism, Anti-realism and Special Science Laws The Ultimate Argument Against Convergent Realism and Structural Realism: The Impasse Objection 131 Doing Away with the No Miracles Argument 141 Theory-Parts for Scientific Realists 153 Natural Kinds and Concept Eliminativism 167 Against the Statistical Account of Special Science Laws 181 Part IV Philosophy of the Physical Sciences: Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics How to Use Quantum Theory Locally to Explain EPR-Bell Correlations 195 Modal Interpretations and Consecutive Measurements 207 Why I Am Not an Everettian 219 The Emergence of Integrability in Gauge Theories 229 Part V Philosophy of the Physical Sciences: Perspectives on Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Model Landscapes in the Higgs Sector 241 Practical Unification of Solid-State and Particle Physics in the Construction of the Higgs Mechanism 253 Part VI Philosophy of the Physical Sciences: Philosophy of Space and Time A Critical Note on Time in the Multiverse 267 A New View of “Fundamentality” for Time Asymmetries in Modern Physics 281 Part VII Philosophy of the Physical Sciences: From Physics to Metaphysics How to Combine and Not to Combine Physics and Metaphysics 295 How (Not) To Be a Humean Structuralist 307 Part VIII Philosophy of the Physical Sciences: Philosophy of Chemistry What Does Hydrogen Bonding Say About the Nature of the Chemical Bond? 321 The Metaphysics of Molecular Structure 331 Part IX Philosophy of the Life Sciences Description, Explanation, and Explanatory Depth in Developmental Biology 345 Synthetic Genomics and the Causal Role of Genes: What has been Shown and Why it Matters 357 Part X Philosophy of the Life Sciences: Biological Knowledge and Structural Realism Eschewing Entities: Outlining a Biology Based Form of Structural Realism 371 Must Structural Realism Cover the Special Sciences? 383 Part XI Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences Principles Versus Mechanisms in Cognitive Science 393 Computationalism, Connectionism, Dynamicism and Beyond: Looking for an Integrated Approach to Cognitive Science 405 Qualia Change and Colour Science 417 Explanatory Coherence, Partial Truth and Diagnostic Validity in Psychiatry 429 Part XII Philosophy of the Social Sciences Performativity: Saving Austin from MacKenzie 443 Beyond Motivation and Metaphor: ‘Scientific Passions’ and Anthropomorphism 455 A Way of Saving Normative Epistemology? Scientific Knowledge Without Standpoint Theories 467 The Democratic Control of the Scientific Control of Politics 479 Harm, Reciprocity and the Moral Domain 493