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
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Dr. Ioannis Votsis
www.votsis.org
Philosophisches Institut
Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
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