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    This chapter explores the complexity and uncertainty observed in international migration, analyzing it from the viewpoints of philosophy of science and complex systems science. It examines two types of uncertainty: Epistemic uncertainty, stemming from limited knowledge due to imperfect information, and irreducible uncertainty, arising from the inherent randomness of migration processes. The aim is to differentiate between these uncertainties across three philosophical problems in migration scien…Read more
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    This chapter explores the multi-level causal structure of complex systems of migration, emphasizing the challenge of multiscale phenomena inherent in such systems. It argues that complex systems display multiscale structures, with the meso-level acting as a critical bridge for the emergence of essentially novel properties. Initially, the chapter confronts the dichotomy between micro- and macro-level models, underscoring the necessity of capturing meso-level causal processes. It proceeds to scrut…Read more
  • This volume contains original contributions made at the sixth session of the Minkowski Institute international conference "Nature and Ontology of Spacetime." It continues the ambition of debating open ontological and epistemological problems in the philosophy and physics of spacetime. In this volume, topics covered include the reality of Minkowski spacetime ontology, the nature of time, quantum gravitation, inertia and relativistic phenomena, as well as aspects of the mathematical structure of t…Read more
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    One of the greatest achievements of modern physics is the discovery of spacetime by Hermann Minkowski. Still, talking about the ”discovery” of spacetime cannot be done without further questioning its ontological status. Did Minkowski discover a real physical substrate? What is the creative role of his scientific imagination in the process of discovery? To what extent the explanatory power of spacetime supports the conclusion that it is a true description of the physical world? I consider those q…Read more
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    Dans cet article, nous examinerons le thème de la découverte en science. Nous soutiendrons qu’il est possible de définir une stratégie rationnelle soutenant la découverte au moyen du principe de l’abduction. Afin de démontrer cette thèse, il s’agira d’abord de diagnostiquer le problème de la complexité et de l’irrationalité de la découverte scientifique et de considérer la position néo-positiviste endossée par Karl Popper et Hans Reichenbach, selon laquelle la découverte ne peut faire l’objet d’…Read more
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    Le travail qui suit vise à présenter la distinction des contextes de découverte et de justification telle que proposée par Reichenbach. Nous analysons dans quels termes Reichenbach introduit cette distinction et nous montrons quelles difficultés elle implique. Nous étudions de manière synthétique, sur la base de sources secondaires critiques, la signification de cette distinction. En effet, nous analysons la motivation de cette distinction. Nous insistons sur l’ambiguïté de cette distinction, et…Read more