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11Book Review:Science and Convention Jerzy Giedymin (review)Philosophy of Science 52 (1): 168-. 1985.
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10Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures James Robert Brown (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 52 (2): 413-416. 2001.
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7Smoke and Mirrors: How Science Reflects RealityBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 45 (4): 1059-1062. 1994.
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6Book reviews (review)International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 12 (1): 91-102. 1998.Time's Arrow and Archimedes’ Point: New Directions for the Physics of Time Huw PRICE, 1996 New York, Oxford University Press xiii + 306 pp. SCAN 37.00 ISBN 0–19–510095–6 Mental Reality GALEN STRAWSON, 1994 Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press xiv + 337 pp., S37.50, $17.50 ISBN 0–262–19352–3 The Rule of Reason: The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce JACQUELINE BRUNNING & PAUL FORSTER, Eds, 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press 316 pp., $80.00, $24.95 ISBN 0–8020–0829–1, ISBN 0–8020–7819–2 Scientifi…Read more
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6Why Thought Experiments Transcend ExperienceIn Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Science, Blackwell. pp. 23-43. 2004.
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4Thought ExperimentsIn W. H. Newton‐Smith (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Blackwell. 2017.We need only list a few of the well‐known thought experiments to be reminded of their enormous influence and importance in the sciences: Newton's bucket, Maxwell's demon, Einstein's elevator, Heisenberg's gamma‐ray microscope, Schrödinger's cat. The seventeenth century saw some of its most brilliant practitioners in Galileo, Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz. And in our own time, the creation of quantum mechanics and relativity are almost unthinkable without the crucial role played by thought exper…Read more
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3Book reviews (review)International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 12 (2): 197-203. 1998.What is Mathematics, Really?. Reuben Hersh, 1997 New York, Oxford University Press xxiv+343, $CAN 51.95, $US 35.00, ISBN 0–19–511368–3 Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology. Stewart Shapiro, 1997. Oxford, Oxford University Press x + 277, $CAN 73.95, ISBN 0–19–509452–2
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3Abstract ObjectsBob Hale Oxford: Blackwell, 1987. Pp. 282. $75.00 (review)Dialogue 27 (4): 729-732. 1988.
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3Realism, Antirealism, and NOAIn Robert Klee (ed.), Scientific Inquiry: Readings in the Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press. pp. 338. 1999.
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3On the Plurality of WorldsDavid Lewis Oxford: Blackwell, 1986. Pp. 276. $58.00, $27.00 paper (review)Dialogue 26 (2): 399-401. 1987.
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3Learning from the PastIn James Robert Brown & Jürgen Mittelstrass (eds.), An Intimate Relation. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, . pp. 343-367. 1989.Here is a big fact: Scientists are good at doing science. It seems a platitude, yet there are those, such as David Bloor, who would deny it.1 On the other hand, most people, including most philosophers, would agree that scientists are good at doing science; nevertheless, these same philosophers don’t seem to think this fact is in any way interesting or important. But it is. There are few facts in philosophy; let’s not let this one slip through our fingers.KeywordsRational ExplanationMatthew Effe…Read more
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2EditorialInternational Studies in the Philosophy of Science 15 (2). 2001.This Article does not have an abstract
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2The Shaky Game: Einstein, Realism, and the Quantum TheoryArthur Fine Chicaco, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1986. Pp. xi, 186. $25.00 (review)Dialogue 26 (4): 776-779. 1987.
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2Mathematics, Role in ScienceIn W. H. Newton‐Smith (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Blackwell. 2017.We count apples and divide a cake so that each guest gets an equal piece; we weigh galaxies and use Hilbert spaces to make amazingly accurate predictions about spectral lines. It would seem that we have no difficulty in applying mathematics to the world; yet the role of mathematics in its various applications is surprisingly elusive. Eugene Wigner has gone so far as to say that “the enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and that there…Read more
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1Michael Redhead, Incompleteness, Nonlocality, and Realism: A Prolegomenon to the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 8 (8): 316-320. 1988.
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1The Community of Science®In Martin Carrier, Don Howard & Janet A. Kourany (eds.), The Challenge of the Social and the Pressure of Practice: Science and Values Revisited, University of Pittsburgh Press. 2008.
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1Reviel Netz, the shaping of deduction in greek mathematics (review)Philosophia Mathematica 9 (2): 248-251. 2001.
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1Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts (edited book)Routledge. 2012.From Lucretius throwing a spear beyond the boundary of the universe to Einstein racing against a beam of light, thought experiments stand as a fascinating challenge to the necessity of data in the empirical sciences. Are these experiments, conducted uniquely in our imagination, simply rhetorical devices or communication tools or are they an essential part of scientific practice? This volume surveys the current state of the debate and explores new avenues of research into the epistemology of thou…Read more
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1Social Factors in ScienceIn W. H. Newton‐Smith (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Blackwell. 2017.Although there has long been an interest in how social factors play a role in science, recent years have seen a remarkable growth of attention to the issue. There are quite different ways in which social influences might function, some of which are more controversial than others.
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1Stephen Jay Gould, Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of LifeInternational Studies in the Philosophy of Science 14 (1): 86-86. 2000.
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Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to the World of Proofs and PicturesErkenntnis 54 (3): 404-407. 2001.
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Meera Nanda, Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism in IndiaInternational Studies in the Philosophy of Science 18 105-108. 2004.
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University of Toronto, St. George CampusDepartment of Philosophy
Institute for the History and Philosophy of ScienceRetired faculty
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |