Characterizing the robustness of science : after the practice turn in philosophy of science /
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Imprint: | Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (x, 372 p.) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Boston studies in the philosophy of science, 0068-0346 ; v.292 Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v.292. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8873447 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Solidity of Scientific Achievements: Structure of the Problem, Difficulties, Philosophical Implications / Léna Soler
- Robustness, Reliability, and Overdetermination (1981) / William C. Wimsatt
- Robustness: Material, and Inferential, in the Natural and Human Sciences / William C. Wimsatt
- Achieving Robustness to Confirm Controversial Hypotheses: A Case Study in Cell Biology / Emiliano Trizio
- Multiple Derivability and the Reliability and Stabilization of Theories / Hubertus Nederbragt
- Robustness of an Experimental Result: The Example of the Tests of Bell's Inequalities / Catherine Dufourt and Léna Soler
- Scientific Images and Robustness / Catherine Allamel-Raffin and Jean-Luc Gangloff
- Are We Still Babylonians? The Structure of the Foundations of Mathematics from a Wimsattian Perspective / Ralf Krömer
- Rerum Concordia Discors: Robustness and Discordant Multimodal Evidence / Jacob Stegenga
- Robustness of Results and Robustness of Derivations: The Internal Architecture of a Solid Experimental Proof / Léna Soler
- Multiple Means of Determination and Multiple Constraints of Construction: Robustness and Strategies for Modeling Macromolecular Objects / Frédéric Wieber
- Understanding Scientific Practices: The Role of Robustness Notions / Mieke Boon
- The Robustness of Science and the Dance of Agency / Andrew Pickering
- Dynamic Robustness and Design in Nature and Artifact / Thomas Nickles.