EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Contingency and Inherency in Evolutionary Developmental Biology....Pages 1-7
Dualities and Intertheoretic Relations....Pages 9-19
Are ‘Identical Quantum Particles’ Weakly Discernible Objects?....Pages 21-30
Wave–Particle Duality in Quantum Optics....Pages 31-42
Remarks on a Structural Account of Scientific Explanation....Pages 43-53
Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices....Pages 55-64
Einstein, Kant, and the A Priori....Pages 65-73
Causal Models and the Asymmetry of State Preparation....Pages 75-85
Bell-Type Inequalities from Separate Common Causes....Pages 87-92
Entanglement, Upper Probabilities and Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 93-103
Gauge Symmetry and the Theta-Vacuum....Pages 105-116
The Chemical Bond: Structure, Energy and Explanation....Pages 117-127
Randomness, Financial Markets and the Brownian Motion: A Reflection on the Role of Mathematics in Their Interaction with Financial Theory After 1973....Pages 129-140
Causation Across Levels, Constitution, and Constraint....Pages 141-151
Epistemic Consequences of Two Different Strategies for Decomposing Biological Networks....Pages 153-162
Matter(s) in Relativity Theory....Pages 163-174
Individual Particles, Properties and Quantum Statistics....Pages 175-185
Evolution and Directionality: Lessons from Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem....Pages 187-196
Substantive General Covariance: Another Decade of Dispute....Pages 197-209
Relativity, Locality and Tense....Pages 211-217
A Weylian Approach Towards Theories of Matter: Dynamic Agents and Geometrisation....Pages 219-226
Mirroring and Understanding Action....Pages 227-238
Absolute Objects and General Relativity: Dynamical Considerations....Pages 239-249
Empirical Foundation of Space and Time....Pages 251-266
Making Contact with Observations....Pages 267-277
The Formulation and Justification of Mathematical Definitions Illustrated By Deterministic Chaos....Pages 279-288
Do We Need Some Large, Simple Randomized Trials in Medicine?....Pages 289-301
Incontinence, Honouring Sunk Costs and Rationality....Pages 303-310
Causal Fundamentalism in Physics....Pages 311-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-332