Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/5rr2iZ European Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings By: Vassilios Karakostas Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319013053, 331901305X eText ISBN: 9783319013060, 3319013068 Copyright year: 2013 Format: EPUB Available from $ 239.00 USD SKU 9783319013060 This book contains a selection of original conference papers covering all major fields in the philosophy of science, that have been organized into themes. The first section of this volume begins with the formal philosophy of science, moves on to idealization, representation and explanation and then finishes with realism, anti-realism and special science laws. The second section covers the philosophy of the physical sciences, looking at quantum mechanics, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the philosophy of space and time, linking physics and metaphysics and the philosophy of chemistry. Further themed sections cover the philosophies of the life sciences, the cognitive sciences and the social sciences. Readers will find that this volume provides an excellent overview of the state of the art in the philosophy of science, as practiced in different European countries.
