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25Timothy Smiley. Sense without denotation. Analysis , n.s. no. 78 , pp. 125–135Journal of Symbolic Logic 37 (2): 423. 1972.
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24Science, Probability, and the PropositionPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1994 339-348. 1994.In a traditional view of science we come to fully believe the main accepted theories . Some of the hypotheses "possible for all that science tells us" seem more likely than others: enter probability as grading the possibilities left open. Probabilism contends with this tradition. Richard Jeffrey told us never to resolve doubt but only to quantify it, and to give maximal probability only to tautologies. Despite severe difficulties, I shall argue that the traditional view is reconcilable with prob…Read more
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24Review of Brian Ellis, Rational Belief Systems (review)Canadian Journal of Philosophy 10 (3): 497--511. 1980.
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23Earman on the Causal Theory of TimeSynthese 24 (1): 87-95. 1972.There is an important point behind Earman's criticisms of the causal theory of time and space-time. This point has been made perspicuously in a recent paper by Glymour. It concerns the novel problems raised for a theory of space-time by the general theory of relativity, and I shall explain it briefly in Section II below. Section I briefly states my own view of the status of the causal theory, and Sections III and IV deal with Earman's specific criticisms.
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22Relational quantum mechanics: Rovelli's worldDiscusiones Filosóficas 11 (17): 13-51. 2010.El inspirador Relational Quantum Mechanicsde Carlo Rovelli cumple varios propósitosde manera simultánea: proporciona unanueva visión de cómo es el mundo de lamecánica cuántica y ofrece un programapara derivar el formalismo de la teoría deun conjunto de postulados simples quepertenecen al procesamiento de la información.Enesteartículopropongoquenosconcentremostotalmente en lo primero,para explorar el mundo de la mecánicacuántica tal como lo representa Rovelli.Es un mundo fascinante, en parte debi…Read more
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20Comments on Peter Roeper's “The Link Between Probability Functions and Logical Consequence”Dialogue 36 (1): 27-. 1997.Professor Roeper adresses a large question, whether probabilistic semantics is a kind of semantics at all. Happily, he does this via an exploration of a specific issue on which he and Professor Leblanc have done important work. That is the issue of how the relationship of logical consequence can be characterized as a relation denned in terms of probability. Let us follow him in calling a relevant relationship of the latter sort the degree of implication, and follow Professor Roeper on his quest …Read more
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20Propositional attitudes in weak pragmaticsStudia Logica 38 (n/a): 365. 1979.Sentences attributing beliefs, doubts, wants, and the like have posed a major problem for semantics. Recently the pragmatic description of language has become more systematic. I shall discuss the formalization of pragmatics, and propose an analysis of belief attribution that avoids some main problems apparently inherent in the semantic approach.
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19Die Pragmatik des Erklärens: Warum-Fragen und ihre AntwortenIn Gerhard Schurz (ed.), Erklären Und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft, De Gruyter. pp. 31-90. 1990.
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18Frequency and the myth of probabilityIn Ulrich Dirks & Hans Poser (eds.), Hans Reichenbach, Philosophie Im Umkreis der Physik, De Gruyter. pp. 55-68. 1998.
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16The perils of Perrin, in the hands of philosophersPhilosophical Studies 143 (1): 5-24. 2009.The story of how Perrin’s experimental work established the reality of atoms and molecules has been a staple in (realist) philosophy of science writings (Wesley Salmon, Clark Glymour, Peter Achinstein, Penelope Maddy, …). I’ll argue that how this story is told distorts both what the work was and its significance, and draw morals for the understanding of how theories can be or fail to be empirically grounded.
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16Thomason’s Paradox for Belief, and Two Consequence RelationsJournal of Philosophical Logic 40 (1): 15-32. 2011.Thomason (1979/2010)’s argument against competence psychologism in semantics envisages a representation of a subject’s competence as follows: he understands his own language in the sense that he can identify the semantic content of each of its sentences, which requires that the relation between expression and content be recursive. Then if the scientist constructs a theory that is meant to represent the body of the subject’s beliefs, construed as assent to the content of the pertinent sentences, …Read more
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16II—Bas C. van Fraassen: Structuralism(s) about Science: Some Common ProblemsAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 81 (1): 45-61. 2007.
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15II—Bas C. van Fraassen: Structuralism(s) about Science: Some Common ProblemsAristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 81 (1): 45-61. 2007.
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14The Semantic Approach, After 50 YearsIn Claus Beisbart & Michael Frauchiger (eds.), Scientific Theories and Philosophical Stances: Themes from van Fraassen, De Gruyter. pp. 23-86. 2024.
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13Appearance vs. Reality as a Scientific ProblemPhilosophic Exchange 35 (1): 34-67. 2005.The history of science is replete with ideals that involve some criterion of completeness. One such criterion requires that physics explain how the appearances are produced in reality. This paper argues that it is scientifically acceptable to reject this criterion, along with all other completeness criteria that have been proposed for modern science.
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13The Experimental Side of Modeling (edited book)Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 2018.An innovative, multifaceted approach to scientific experiments as designed by and shaped through interaction with the modeling process The role of scientific modeling in mediation between theories and phenomena is a critical topic within the philosophy of science, touching on issues from climate modeling to synthetic models in biology, high energy particle physics, and cognitive sciences. Offering a radically new conception of the role of data in the scientific modeling process as well as a new …Read more
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13Probabilistic Semantics Objectified: I. Postulates and LogicsJournal of Philosophical Logic 10 (3): 371-394. 1981.
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12Current Issues in Quantum LogicSpringer. 2012.These are the proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Logic held in Erice (Sicily), December 2 - 9, 1979, at the Ettore Hajorana Centre for Scientific Culture. A conference of this sort was originally proposed by Giuliano Toraldo di Francia, who suggested the idea to Antonino Zichichi, and thus laid the foundation for the Workshop. To both of them we express our appreciation and thanks, also on behalf of the other participants, for having made this conference possible. There were approximately fi…Read more
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11What Was Perrin's Real Achievement?In Gregory J. Morgan (ed.), Philosophy of Science Matters: The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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11One hundred and fifty years of philosophyTopoi 25 (1-2): 123-127. 2006.Looking back from 2049 over one-hundred and fifty years of philosophy, a student's essay reveals what became of rival strands in Western philosophy – with a sidelong glance at the special Topoi issue on the theme “Philosophy: What is to be Done?” that was published almost half a century earlier.
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10Bressan and Suppes on ModalityPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1972 323-330. 1972.
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