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90The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of science (edited book)Blackwell. 2002.This volume presentsa definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.
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26PrefaceIn Peter Machamer & J. E. McGuire (eds.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. 2009.
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27Chapter four. Body-body causation and the cartesian world of matterIn Peter Machamer & J. E. McGuire (eds.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 111-163. 2009.
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166Athens-pittsburgh symposium in the history and philosophy of science and technologyPerspectives on Science 12 (3): 243-243. 2004.
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44The Concept of the Individual an d the Idea (l) of Method in Seventeenth-Century Natural PhilosophyIn Peter Machamer, Marcello Pera & Aristides Baltas (eds.), Scientific controversies: philosophical and historical perspectives, Oxford University Press. pp. 81. 2000.
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101Scientific controversies: philosophical and historical perspectives (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2000.Traditionally it has been thought that scientific controversies can always be resolved on the basis of empirical data. Recently, however, social constructionists have claimed that the outcome of scientific debates is strongly influenced by non-evidential factors such as the rhetorical prowess and professional clout of the participants. This volume of previously unpublished essays by well-known philosophers of science presents historical studies and philosophical analyses that undermine the plaus…Read more
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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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87Perception, 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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54ObservationPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1970. 1970.
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26Chapter two. God and efficient causationIn Peter Machamer & J. E. McGuire (eds.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 36-81. 2009.
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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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2083Thinking about mechanismsPhilosophy of Science 67 (1): 1-25. 2000.The concept of mechanism is analyzed in terms of entities and activities, organized such that they are productive of regular changes. Examples show how mechanisms work in neurobiology and molecular biology. Thinking in terms of mechanisms provides a new framework for addressing many traditional philosophical issues: causality, laws, explanation, reduction, and scientific change
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67The 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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151Daniela Bailer‐Jones, 1969–2006International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 21 (2). 2007.This Article does not have an abstract
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162Phenomena, data and theories: a special issue of SyntheseSynthese 182 (1): 1-5. 2011.The papers collected here are the result of an INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: Data · Phenomena · Theories: What’s the notion of a scientific phenomenon good for? held in Heidelberg in September 2008. The event was organized by the research group Causality, Cognition, and the Constitution of Scientific Phenomena in cooperation with Philosophy Department at the University of Heidelberg (Peter McLaughlin and Andreas Kemmerling) and the IWH Heidelberg. The symposium was supported by the Emmy-Noether-Progr…Read more
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34ReferencesIn Peter Machamer & J. E. McGuire (eds.), Descartes's Changing Mind, Princeton University Press. pp. 243-250. 2009.
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