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10IntroductionIn Ulrich Gähde, Stephan Hartmann & Jörn Henning Wolf (eds.), Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity, De Gruyter. pp. 1-8. 2013.Modern science is, to a large extent, a model-building activity. But how are models contructed? How are they related to theories and data? How do they explain complex scientific phenomena, and which role do computer simulations play here? These questions have kept philosophers of science busy for many years, and much work has been done to identify modeling as the central activity of theoretical science. At the same time, these questions have been addressed by methodologically-minded scientists, …Read more
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8How to Expand Your Beliefs in an Uncertain World: A Probabilistic ModelIn Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Thomas Lukasiewicz & Emil Weydert (eds.), Ki-2001 Workshop: Uncertainty in Artificial Intellligence. Informatik-Berichte (8/2001), . 2001.Suppose that we acquire various items of information from various sources and that our degree of confidence in the content of the information set is sufficiently high to believe the information. Now a new item of information is being presented by a new information source. Are we justified to add this new item of information to what we already believe? Consider the following parable: “I go to a lecture about wildlife in Greenland which was supposed to be delivered by an expert in the field…Read more
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5Editorial to "Coherence, Truth and Testimony"Erkenntnis 63 (3): 293-294. 2005.Coherence is a burgeoning topic of research. Diverse methodologies have been applied to shed light on the topic and its relevance to fundamental questions throughout philosophy. The collection brings together the full scope of this research in a single volume. The first group of essays attack the core topic of the book: coherence. Authors in this section take up the challenging and controversial task of measuring the coherence of an information set, while others criticize this endeavor. The seco…Read more
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1Proceedings of EPSA09 (edited book)Springer. 2012.This is a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009.
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1Book Review: Luc Bovens and Stephan Hartmann "Bayesian Epistemology" (review)Studia Logica 81 (2): 289-292. 2005.Book Review of Luc Bovens and Stephan Hartmann *Bayesian Epistemology* by Erik J. Olsson
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1Proceedings of the Second Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association. (edited book)Springer. 2012.
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Ludwig Maximilians Universität, MünchenFaculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of ReligionRegular Faculty
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Social Science |
Philosophy of Computing and Information |