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103J ean -p ierre M arquis . From a geometrical point of view: A study of the history and philosophy of category theoryPhilosophia Mathematica 18 (2): 227-234. 2010.(No abstract is available for this citation)
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26Jean-Pierre Marquis. From a Geometrical Point of View: A Study of the History and Philosophy of Category Theory: Critical Studies/Book ReviewsPhilosophia Mathematica 18 (2): 227-234. 2010.
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30Introduction to recent issues in philosophy of statistics: evidence, testing, and applicationsSynthese 201 (4): 1-5. 2023.
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58Logic Works: A Rigorous Introduction to Formal LogicRoutledge. 2022.Logic Works is a critical and extensive introduction to logic. It asks questions about why systems of logic are as they are, how they relate to ordinary language and ordinary reasoning, and what alternatives there might be to classical logical doctrines. It considers how logical analysis can be applied to carefully represent the reasoning employed in academic and scientific work, better understand that reasoning, and identify its hidden premises. Aiming to be as much a reference work and handboo…Read more
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31Unification beyond justification: a strategy for theory developmentSynthese 196 (8): 3263-3278. 2019.This paper considers the importance of unification in the context of developing scientific theories. I argue that unifying hypotheses are not valuable simply because they are supported by multiple lines of evidence. Instead, they can be valuable because they guide experimental research in different domains in such a way that the results from those experiments inform the scope of the theory being developed. I support this characterization by appealing to the early development of quantum theory. I…Read more
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8Mot de présentationIthaque 23 25-30. 2018.Mot de présentation du dossier "Le problème de l’induction : approches actuelles"
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56Old Evidence in the Development of Quantum TheoryPhilosophy of Science 85 (1): 126-143. 2018.In this article, I evaluate Hartmann and Fitelson’s solution to the Bayesian problem of old evidence by applying it to an early stage in the development of quantum theory. I argue that this case study suggests that whether old evidence is anomalous affects its support for a hypothesis. I introduce and defend two formal assumptions to accommodate this idea. This analysis not only explicates an important historical example, but it also shows that the given solution captures the intuitive importanc…Read more
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18The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to our understanding of scientific theory pursuit by providing a detailed case study on the development of early quantum theory, from roughly 1900 to 1916. I first elaborate on why this case should be considered an instance of piecemeal pursuit by presenting the historical quantum conjectures that were being used in different contexts. These conjectures gave varied interpretations of quantization. By comparing these conjectures, I identify a gene…Read more
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43Unification beyond justification: a strategy for theory developmentSynthese 1-16. 2017.This paper considers the importance of unification in the context of developing scientific theories. I argue that unifying hypotheses are not valuable simply because they are supported by multiple lines of evidence. Instead, they can be valuable because they guide experimental research in different domains in such a way that the results from those experiments inform the scope of the theory being developed. I support this characterization by appealing to the early development of quantum theory. I…Read more
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53There has been much discussion arising from Reichenbach's distinction in the philosophy of science between the context of discovery and the context of justification. More recently, some have also begun to distinguish between these and the "context of pursuit" at which point scientists are pursuing a theory or hypothesis that has been suggested as plausible, but is not yet deemed acceptable. However, there has been relatively little work done on characterizing this process by using specific scien…Read more
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45Unification and the Quantum Hypothesis in 1900–1913Philosophy of Science 82 (5): 1200-1210. 2015.In this article, I consider some of the first appearances of a hypothesis of quantized energy between the years 1900 and 1913 and provide an analysis of the nature of the unificatory power of this hypothesis in a Bayesian framework. I argue that the best way to understand the unification here is in terms of informational relevance: on the assumption of the quantum hypothesis, phenomena that were previously thought to be unrelated turned out to yield information about one another on the basis of …Read more
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61A New Role for Data in the Philosophy of SciencePhilosophia Scientiae 19 9-20. 2015.There exists a problem of the circularity in measurement: construction of theories requires reliable data, but obtaining reliable data requires reliable measurement devices whose construction requires a theory. I argue that adapting Anil Gupta's empiricist epistemology to a scientific context yields a possible solution. One can consider the role of data not as providing a foundation for a theory, but as acting functionally, licensing revisions of a previous theory. Data provide scientists with e…Read more
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26A New Role for Data in the Philosophy of SciencePhilosophia Scientiae 19 9-20. 2015.There exists a problem of the circularity in measurement: construction of theories requires reliable data, but obtaining reliable data requires reliable measurement devices whose construction requires a theory. I argue that adapting Anil Gupta's empiricist epistemology to a scientific context yields a possible solution. One can consider the role of data not as providing a foundation for a theory, but as acting functionally, licensing revisions of a previous theory. Data provide scientists with e…Read more
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