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24Review of Carla Rita Palmerino (ed.), J.m.M.h. Thijssen (ed.), The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion in Seventeenth-Century Europe (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005 (7). 2005.
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21Philosophy at Virginia Tech. He recently published Thinking About Tech-nology (Seven Bridges Press, 2000) and is co-editor of the forthcoming Pro-duction and Diffusion of Publish Choice (Blackwells, 2003). He is currently working on a new project concerning the role of innovative instrumenta (review)Perspectives on Science 9 (4). 2001.
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21The Character of Galilean EvidencePSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1986. 1986.We examine Galileo's theory of evidence as presented in his Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems. It is argued that for Galileo evidence not only had to be tied to the senses, but, that for purposes of evidential relevance, epistemologically significant experience is only of terrestrial objects and events. This account forms the first part of an argument for understanding Galileo as an instrumentalist. The second part of the argument consists in examining Galileo's views on the limits of know…Read more
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21Wilfrid Sellars' Theory of ProbabilityPhilosophy Research Archives 2 445-482. 1976.Wilfrid Sellars attempts to deflect traditional objections to the straight rule of inductive acceptance by embedding it in a complicated system of levels. This system rests on a theory of probability in which the meaning of "probable" is reconstructed in the context of Sellars' general theory of practical reason. To say a statement is probable means, according to Sellars, that there is good reason for accepting the statement as true. In this paper I examine Sellars' attempt to resuscitate the st…Read more
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20Hempel Versus Sellars on ExplanationDialectica 34 (2): 95-120. 1980.SummaryHempel's Deductive‐Nomological model of explanation is compared to Sellars' brand of essentialism. The source of their differences is shown to lie in their views on the explanatory role of inductively based generalizations. An adequate explanation requires a reasoned account of why an empirical generalization fails. On Sellars' view this entails concentrating on the nature of the things whose behavior is in question. We thereby remove ourselves from the misleading positivist methodology i…Read more
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20Philosophical Methodology, Technologies, and the Transformation of KnowledgeTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 1 (3-4): 146-158. 1996.
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18The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Technology (edited book)Routledge. 2016.A volume of essays concerned with mapping out future domains in philosophy of technology, it will serve as an excellent text in a variety of courses. Since the future belongs to the young, in addition to established scholars there are many fresh voices featured. The scope of the essays range from data discrimination to space junk and beyond. This volume offers a glimpse into the future of philosophy of technology, laying out the land in contemporary philosophy technology. The organization maps o…Read more
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16Section 2. Boundary DisagreementsTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 24 (4): 9-28. 2020.
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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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12The Discovery of Kepler's Laws: The Interaction of Science, Philosophy, and Religion. Job KozhamthadamIsis 86 (3): 485-486. 1995.
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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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11Letter from the Editor-in-ChiefTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 17 (3): 293-294. 2013.
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11Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture: Putting Pragmatism to Work (review)Isis 94 202-202. 2003.
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9New Directions in the Philosophy of TechnologySpringer Verlag. 1995.In this collection we finally find the philosophy of technology, a young and rapidly developing area of scholarly interest, making contact with history of science and technology, and mainstream epistemological and metaphysical issues. The sophistication of these papers indicates the maturity of the field as it moves away from the advocacy of anti-technology ideological posturing toward a deeper understanding of the options and restraints technological developments provide. The papers presented h…Read more
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8Reenacting Galileo's Experiments: Rediscovering the Techniques of Seventeenth‐Century Science (review)Isis 100 661-662. 2009.
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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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