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Methodological Problem in Philosophy and Neuroscience
This chapter introduces the methodological problem between neuroscience and philosophy; relevant issues in metaphilosophy and philosophy of...
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Invariance, intrinsicality and perspicuity
It is now standard to interpret symmetry-related models of physical theories as representing the same state of affairs. Recently, a debate has sprung...
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A new defense of Tarski's solution to the liar paradox
Tarski's hierarchical solution to the Liar paradox is widely viewed as ad hoc. In this paper I show that, on the contrary, Tarski's solution is...
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What do propositions explain? Inflationary vs. deflationary perspectives and the case of singular propositions
In this paper we take up the question of the explanatory significance of the notion of propositional content. Our first goal is to disentangle two...
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Psychophysical neutrality and its descendants: a brief primer for dual-aspect monism
A key ingredient of the metaphysical doctrine of dual-aspect monism is a psychophysically neutral domain, of which mental and physical aspects arise...
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A pragmatic approach to the ontology of models
What are scientific models? Philosophers of science have been trying to answer this question during the last three decades by putting forward a...
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Introduction
Genealogy of interpretations of quantum mechanics • Informational interpretations: objections (parochialism and anti-realism) and rejoinders • Bub...
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Metaphysics for Anti-Representationalists?
In Chap. 2 I upheld Price’s argument that ARTL has negative repercussions for the metaphysical programme...
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Interpretation and equivalence; or, equivalence and interpretation
This paper argues that much of the literature on interpreting scientific theories presupposes a certain picture of what interpretation involves: a...
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The liberation of nature and knowledge: a case study on Hans Reichenbach’s naturalism
Our main goal in this paper is to present and scrutinize Reichenbach’s own naturalism in our contemporary context, with special attention to...
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On Metaphysics’ Independence from Truthmaking. Or, Why Humean Supervenience is Compatible with the Growing Block Universe
This paper aims to support the claim that analytic metaphysics should be more cautious regarding the constraints that truthmaking considerations...
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Reductive Neurophilosophy
This chapter investigates the approach that can be considered directly opposed to the main ideas of the isolationist approach, arguing that,...
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Scientific Realism: A Defence
In the present chapter, I propose a way of defending epistemological scientific realism that differs from the usual explanationist strategies....
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Bohmian Mechanics and Its Ontological Commitments
One of the putative lessons from quantum mechanics is that the mathematical structure of that theory and empirical evidence demand that we accept a...
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Problems in Philosophy of Physics
This chapter lists the issues in philosophy of science and in particular philosophy of physics, which will be discussed in this book. Some are of a...
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What Is an Individual?
The first nine sections discuss at length the notion of individual, concluding it is not an ontological, but a linguistic one. The last three draw...
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Parsimony Arguments in Science and Metaphysics, and Their Connection with Unification, Fundamentality, and Epistemological Holism
Scientists appeal to the principle of parsimony in evaluating competing scientific theories. Philosophers sometimes appeal to a principle by the same...
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Polanyi’s Copernican Realism: Content, Reception, and Relation to Three Contemporary Realisms
This chapter examines existing interpretations of the most widely commented-upon aspect of Michael Polanyi’s metaphysics, his metaphysical realism. I...
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Evolutionary Epistemology: Two Research Avenues, Three Schools, and A Single and Shared Agenda
This special issue for the Journal for General Philosophy of Science is devoted to exploring the impact and many ramifications of current research in...
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Laws
This chapter contains a thoroughly empiricist account of laws of physics. Laws of physics are divided into fundamental and derived laws. Fundamental...