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4The autonomy of technologyIn Craig Hanks (ed.), Technology and values: essential readings, Wiley-blackwell. 2010.
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5The Character of Galilean EvidencePSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1986 (1): 125-134. 1986.Concerning evidence there are two important questions: (1) what is going to count as evidence? and (2) what are the appropriate means for employing evidence? These two problems pervade the analysis of the scientific process. They are with us as much today as in Galileo’s time. For example, with respect to contemporary arguments between Evolutionists and Scientific Creationists, if the issue is taken in its cognitive rather than its political dimension, the entire discussion turns on the criteria…Read more
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8The papers presented here derive from the 4th International Confe:--ence on History and Philosophy of Science held in Blacksburg, Virginia, U. S. A., November 2-6, 1982. The Conference was sponsored by the I nternational Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Particular thanks go to L. Jonathan Cohen, Secretary of the Union, as well as to Dean Henry Bauer of the College of Arts & Sciences, Wilfred Jewkes and the Center …Read more
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2Common SenseIn Robert Almeder (ed.), Rescher Studies: A Collection of Essays on the Philosophical Work of Nicholas Rescher, De Gruyter. pp. 253-260. 2008.
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Galileo e la spiegazione razionaleIn Marcello Pera & Joseph C. Pitt (eds.), I Modi del progresso: teorie e episodi della razionalità scientifica, Il Saggiatore. 1985.
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I Modi del progresso: teorie e episodi della razionalità scientifica (edited book)Il Saggiatore. 1985.
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35Galileo and His Sources: The Heritage of the Collegio Romano in Galileo's SciencePhilosophy of Science 54 (1): 138-140. 1987.
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63Davis Baird, Thing Knowledge: A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press , 295 pp., $65.00 (review)Philosophy of Science 72 (4): 645-647. 2005.
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17Section 2. Boundary DisagreementsTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 24 (4): 9-28. 2020.
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1Book Review: Image and Logic (review)Science, Technology, and Human Values 24 (2): 295-298. 1999.
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35Influencing technological changeHuman Affairs 30 (4): 545-548. 2020.The philosophy of technology is not influencing technological change because there isn’t a single philosophy of technology. Philosophers of technology should be involved in technological change because we have something valuable to offer. But before we can get involved, we have to be accepted by those effecting the changes. That means we have to acquire the credentials necessary to establish our credibility. We have to get our hands dirty.
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12Heraclitus Redux: Technological Infrastructures and Scientific ChangeRowman & Littlefield International. 2019.This book aims to spell out the consequences of taking the technologies behind the doing of science seriously.
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44Revolutions in science and refinements in the analysis of causationZeitschrift Für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 8 (1): 48-62. 1977.Summary A sufficient condition for a revolution in physics is a change in the concept of cause. To demonstrate this, we examine three developments in physical theory. After informally characterizing a theory in terms of an heuristic and a set of equations, we show how tensions between these two dimensions lead to the development of alternative theoretical accounts. In each case the crucial move results in a refinement of our account of cause. All these refinements taken together result in the em…Read more
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16Spaces for the Future: A Companion to Philosophy of Technology (edited book)Routledge. 2017.Focused on mapping out contemporary and future domains in philosophy of technology, this volume serves as an excellent, forward-looking resource in the field and in cognate areas of study. The 32 chapters, all of them appearing in print here for the first time, were written by both established scholars and fresh voices. They cover topics ranging from data discrimination and engineering design, to art and technology, space junk, and beyond. Spaces for the Future: A Companion to Philosophy of Tech…Read more
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11Letter from the Editor-in-ChiefTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 17 (3): 293-294. 2013.
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1Context Versus ProcessesIn Byron Newberry, Carl Mitcham, Martin Meganck, Andrew Jamison, Christelle Didier & Steen Hyldgaard Christensen (eds.), Engineering Identities, Epistemologies and Values: Engineering Education and Practice in Context, Springer Verlag. 2015.
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An Analysis of Wilfrid Sellars' Theory of Justification as ExplanationDissertation, The University of Western Ontario (Canada). 1972.
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42Essays on the Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars
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