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Dear Colleagues, I'd like to bring to your attention a new special issue of Synthese (Vol. 180, No. 2) on Scientific Realism which I co-edited with Gerhard Schurz. The issue is dedicated to the memory of Peter Lipton, who was originally scheduled to make a contribution. Alas his life was unexpectedly cut short in November 2007. Issue Title: 'Scientific Realism Quo Vadis? Theories, Structures, Underdetermination and Reference'. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0039-7857/180/2/ The issue contains contributions from (in alphabetical order): Martin Carrier Ludwig Fahrbach Steven French Michael Friedman Paul Hoyningen-Huene James Ladyman Hannes Leitgeb Holger Lyre F. A. Muller Stathis Psillos Gerhard Schurz Ioannis Votsis John Worrall Major themes discussed include: structural realism, empiricism, the no miracles argument, inference to the best explanation, approximate truth, the argument from underdetermination, the pessimistic meta-induction argument, the semantics of theoretical terms, Carnap's Aufbau, the identity of indiscernibles and the role of intuitions in the scientific realism debate. Best wishes, Ioannis Votsis ------------------------------------- Dr. Ioannis Votsis www.votsis.org Philosophisches Institut Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstraße 1 Geb. 23.21/04.86 40225 Düsseldorf Germany Tel: +49 211 81-11473 Fax: +49 211 81-11750