Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS)
JGPS has been a forum for original research in #philsci since the publication of its first volume in 1970. Its scope encompasses both general #philsci and specialized philosophies of particular areas of Wissenschaft springer.com/journal/10838
- What amounts to a 'scientific discovery'? Patrick Duerr & Abigail Holmes Mills suggest that discoveries are problems or solutions that epistemically advance science. They illustrate this view through a case study of the universe's expansion discovery🌌👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
- What might be the potential ramifications of the relational framework of 'Pure Shape Dynamics' for discussions on the metaphysics of #time? This is a question that Antonio Vassallo & Pedro Naranjo explore in their recent article for JGPS! 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics
- In our latest editorial, we express our sincere thanks to Guido Bacciagaluppi for his editorial work since 2021 & bid him a fond farewell as he concludes his tenure. We also warmly welcome @simonfriederich.bsky.social as our new Co-Editor-in-Chief! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky
- How much was Johannes Peter Müller, one of the fathers of modern #physiology, influenced by Spinoza's philosophy? Find out in Filip Adolf Buyse's new article in JGPS! 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HOPOS #philsky
- In merging gen. relativity with quantum gravity, we risk losing time itself. The 'thermal time hypothesis' says time emerges thermodynamically—but does it smuggle in dynamics from the start? A new article by @eugenechua.bsky.social appraises TTH📄👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky
- The concept of 'downward causation' has faced many strong critiques. In her recent 📄 @yashaddad.bsky.social argues that, when adopting an interventionist view of causation and a levels of organization framework, we can explanatorily use the notion 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #hpbio
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- It's our pleasure, Yasmin—your paper deserves a wide readership! The post took us longer than expected, but we will work harder to stay on top of the latest publications in the journal.
- Does Euclidean geometry hold a more fundamental status than non-Euclidean geometries? 📐🟣 In a recent paper, Mircea Dumitru and Liviu Ornea argue that it does and that Nash’s embedding theorems provide a way to demonstrate this 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky #philsci #mathsky
- Can transaction costs economics illuminate scientific practice & misconduct? In his new #philsci article, Jonas Lipski argues in the affirmative, suggesting lower transaction costs could improve science's funding & practice 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #metasci #academicsky
- Are you interested in the metaphysics of time? In a recent article, Baptiste Le Bihan argues that 'aeon monism' fits Penrose's 'conformal cyclic cosmology'—the cosmos as a collection of successive universes or 'aeons'—and explores its implications: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky
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- What does Cultural Evolutionary Psychology bring to the table? In their new article, K. Baraghith & C. Feldbacher-Escamilla argue that it generalizably shows that cognitive products & cog. mechanisms are subject to recursive cultural evolution 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky
- Have you ever wondered how Bacon's inductive method fits into his larger philosophy of nature? The new open access article by Ori Belkind in JGPS provides a novel interpretation. Check it out! 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS #philsky #HOPOS
- Do you know what time it is? Time to go back to Reichenbach! In his new article, Carlo Rovelli argues that Reichenbach's musings on the direction of time and his notion of 'physical cause' still hold value in light of contemporary work in cosmology 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci
- What insights could we gain through a comparative approach to #philsci? 📢 We are thrilled to announce a CfP for a new special issue, with @simonlohse.bsky.social & @karimbschir.bsky.social acting as guest editors! Mark your calendars & send us your best ideas! 📆📃👇 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/722kf...
- What is the aim of science? Truth or non-factive understanding? What could Deep Learning offer to this #philsci debate? In his new article, Yukinori Onishi argues that it could bring interesting testing scenarios for constructive empiricists & scientific realists 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- John S. Bell proposed the notion of ‘beable’ to replace ‘observable’ for a clearer formulation of quantum mechanics. In his new article, Federico Laudisa (University of Trento) argues that Bell actually developed 𝘵𝘸𝘰 distinct beable theories 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics
- Can metaphysical questions about causation be reframed as practical choices of causal frameworks? In a new #philsci article, Zili Dong proposes a Carnapian-Pragmatist approach to explore how causal ontology and methodology interact in scientific practice 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky
- Are there problems with the so-called "Evolving Block Universe" model that accounts for the emergence of spacetime? In a new discussion note, Peter J. Riggs argues that it has issues defining 'present moment' and the 'passage of time' 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics
- Could dynamism and adynamism be reconciled under a block universe view? What does 'adynamism' even mean for relativistic physics? For thought-provoking discussions, check out the new article by Emilia Margoni in the pages of JGPS! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #philsky
- In his new #openaccess article, Adán Sus explores the notions of coordination, constitution & convention in the work of early logical positivists. Give it a read, especially if you are into #HOPOS #Conventionalism & #RelativizedKantianAPrioriPrinciples !👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci
- Many debates about the Free Energy Principle (FEP) have emerged, including realist & antirealist interpretations of it. In his new article, Majid Beni makes the case for a structural realist characterization of the FEP 📝👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #philcogsci #philsky
- Q: What brings together the stopping rule principle, the Kochen-Specker theorem, supervaluationism, Kant, Euler Diagrams, epistemic stances, multiverse theories, the last writings of Kuhn, and more? A: The March 2024 issue of JGPS! Have a look! 📝👇 link.springer.com/journal/1083... #philsci #philsky
- In preparation for the launch of our upcoming issue, it is a great opportunity to re-share our March 2023 special issue, devoted to how #philsci was practiced in the 'long nineteenth century' & what such methodologies have to say to us in the 21st century 👇 link.springer.com/journal/1083... #philsky
- In their new #philsci article, Matthias Egg & August Hämmerli argue that realists & antirealists have both miscomprehended Darwinism for explaining the success of science. They suggest more productive ways of viewing the links between biology & scientific realism 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- In the latest issue of JGPS, Stathis Psillos (University of Athens) writes an obituary for Larry Laudan (1941–2022), providing an overview of his academic career and main research foci 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... What will be Laudan's legacies in #philsci and #HPS?
- Can fictional models grasp their target systems? Building on the work of @alisabokulich.bsky.social, Lisa Zorzato (Uni of Tartu) argues that they can because structural correspondences at various depths of description establish a "ladder of abstractions” 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilSci
- In an age when we debate artificial cognitive enhancements and purported extended minds, should we also embrace an 'extended agent' thesis? In her new article, Barbara Tomczyk (Maria Curie Skłodowska University) rejects this conclusion 👇📑 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #CogSci #PhilSci #philsky
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- If you are interested in reflecting on these #philsci debates, you might want to read Stump's original article "Fallibilism versus Relativism in the Philosophy of Science" and Shahryari's reply: link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Before the year ends, explore the December issue of JGPS! An obituary for Laudan, the dispute on scientific realism, quantum jumps, categorical monism, evolutionary perspectives on cooperation, functional approaches to causation, modal empiricism & more #philsci! 👇 link.springer.com/journal/1083...
- If "there are no such things as theories," as Steven French (@srdfrench.bsky.social) has contended, how should philosophers of science understand #histsci & their own #philsci practices? More material for debate in this new open access article in JGPS! 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky
- What does it mean to be a 'realist' in the debate about natural kinds? Should this involve a 'mind-independence' criterion? In her new article in JGPS, Zdenka Brzović argues that natural kind realism is a many-faced issue 📝 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky
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- If you are interested in 'meta-induction,' a good place to start is the introduction to the special issue by Paul Thorn and Stathis Psillos 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky
- We are thrilled to welcome one of our dear Editors-in-Chief to BlueSky! @thomasreydon.bsky.social is a philosopher of science & technology and theoretical biologist working on conceptual questions in & about the life sciences. Explore more about his work👇 www.reydon.info #philsci #HPbio #philtech
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- Do we need laws or dispositions in our ontological picture of nature? In a new #OpenAccess #philphysics article, Joanna Luc contends that law-based accounts are better than disposition-based accounts, offering greater informativeness & theoretical virtues #philsci 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- New #philsci article in JGPS! Olivier Sartenaer revists the long-standing 'demarcation problem' in the philosophy of science and argues that presuppositional epistemic contextualism offers a novel solution 👇 doi.org/10.1007/s108... #philsky
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- Thank you so much, Mark! You are so kind!
- Just published in JGPS! Mariusz Maziarz advocates for causal pluralism in medicine, asserting that causal claims aligned with various notions of causality can provide support for a range of therapeutic choices link.springer.com/article/10.1... #openaccess #philsci #philosophyofmedicine #philsky
