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30Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2012.One of the perennial themes in philosophy is the problem of our access to the world around us; do our perceptual systems bring us into contact with the world as it is or does perception depend upon our individual conceptual frameworks? This volume of new essays examines reference as it relates to perception, action and realism, and the questions which arise if there is no neutral perspective or independent way to know the world. The essays discuss the nature of referring, concentrating on the wa…Read more
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33Review of Barry C. Smith (ed.), Fritz Allhoff (ed.), Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine; and, Wine and Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (4). 2008.
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4Chapter two. God and efficient causationIn Peter K. Machamer (ed.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 36-81. 2009.
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27A recent drawing of the theory/observation distinctionPhilosophy of Science 38 (3): 413-414. 1971.James Cornman has recently offered a definition for ‘observation term’ which he takes to meet most, if not all, of the standard objections to such definitions. He also employs this definition against certain materialists, but in what follows I wish only to address myself to the proposed definition. I shall argue that he has failed to show any logical difference between “observation terms,” as he defines them, and terms which are not so classified. I shall show that his definition is too restrict…Read more
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The person-centered rhetoric of seventeenth-century scienceIn Marcello Pera & William R. Shea (eds.), Persuading science: the art of scientific rhetoric, Science History Publications, Usa. pp. 143--156. 1991.
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168Activities and causation: The metaphysics and epistemology of mechanismsInternational Studies in the Philosophy of Science 18 (1). 2004.This article deals with mechanisms conceived as composed of entities and activities. In response to many perplexities about the nature of activities, a number of arguments are developed concerning their epistemic and ontological status. Some questions concerning the relations between cause and causal explanation and mechanisms are also addressed.
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The Cambridge Companion to Galileo (JR Milton)Philosophical Books 41 (1): 29-30. 2000.Not only a hero of the scientific revolution, but after his conflict with the church, a hero of science, Galileo is today rivalled in the popular imagination only by Newton and Einstein. But what did Galileo actually do, and what are the sources of the popular image we have of him? This 1998 collection of specially-commissioned essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work. A particular feature of the volume is the treatment of Galileo's relationship with th…Read more
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8For Philosophy of Science, and European Cultural Center of Delphi. The topic of the symposium, convened at the European Cultural Center of Delphi, was Forms of Proof and Demonstration in Philosophy and Science. These symposia are held every two years in Greece in recognition of Athens as the birthplace of Western philosophy (all of them supported by (review)Perspectives on Science 12 (3): 243-243. 2004.
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Some cogitations on interpretationsIn Peter Machamer & Gereon Wolters (eds.), Interpretation: Ways of Thinking About the Sciences and the Arts, University of Pittsburgh Press. 2010.
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23The meta‐language of psychiatry as cross‐disciplinary effort: In response to Zachar (2012)Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 18 (3): 710-720. 2012.
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2Explanations of Colors: A Comment to HardinIn Martin Carrier & Peter Machamer (eds.), Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science, and the Mind, University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 5--113. 1997.
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7ReferencesIn Peter K. Machamer (ed.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 243-250. 2009.
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45Daniela Bailer‐Jones, 1969–2006International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 21 (2). 2007.This Article does not have an abstract
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27This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden.
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23Chapter five. Mind, intuition, innateness, and ideasIn Peter K. Machamer (ed.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 164-197. 2009.
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20ObservationPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1970. 1970.
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7Wahrnehmung / Philosophie / Wissenschaft / Geschichte.
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87Rational reconstructions revisedTheoria 16 (3): 461-480. 2001.Imre Lakatos’ idea that history of science without philosophy of science is blind may still be given a plausible interpretation today, even though his theory of the methodology of scientific research programmes has been rejected. The latter theory captures neither rationality in science nor the sense in which history must be told in a rational fashion. Nonetheless, Lakatos was right in insisting that the discipline of history consists of written rational reconstructions. In this paper, we will e…Read more
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22A Fallacious Forced Choice: Cloninger and Stoyanov, Machamer, and Schaffner Are CompatiblePhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 20 (3): 281-284. 2013.
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5Chapter three. Seeing the implications of his causal views: The response to his criticsIn Peter K. Machamer (ed.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 82-110. 2009.
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