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Philosophy of Science


Philosophy of Science - An Introduction - Jessica Pfeifer, University of Maryland - Baltimore County and Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin




Epistemology and Metaphysics


Abduction - Peter Lipton, University of Cambridge

Analyticity - Eric Loomis, University of South Alabama and Cory Juhl, University of Texas at Austin

Approximation - Jeffry Ramsey, Smith College

Bayesianism - Roger Rosenkrantz, Independent Scholar

Causality - Jessica Wilson, Cornell University

Cognitive Significance - James Justus, University of Texas at Austin

Confirmation Theory - Ellery Eells, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Conventionalism - Cory Juhl, University of Texas at Austin and Eric Loomis, University of South Alabama

Corroboration - James Fetzer, University of Minnisota at Duluth

Decision Theory - Jim Joyce, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Demarcation, Problem of - Thomas Nickles, University of Nevada at Reno

Determinism - John Roberts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Duhem Thesis - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Dutch Book Argument - Susan Vineberg, Wayne State University

Emergence - Justin Garson, University of Texas at Austin

Empiricism - Jennifer Nagel, University of Toronto

Epistemology - Anthony Gillies, University of Texas at Austin

Evolutionary Epistemology - Michael Bradie, Bowling Green State University

Experiment - Hans Radder, Vrije Universiteit at Amsterdam

Explanation - Stuart Glennan, Butler University

Explication - Eric Loomis, University of South Alabama and Cory Juhl, University of Texas at Austin

Feminist Philosophy of Science - Lynn Hankinson-Nelson, University of Missouri at St. Louis

Function - Matthew Ratcliffe, University College Cork

Incommensurability - Howard Sankey, University of Melbourne

Induction, Problem of - Sherrilyn Roush, Rice University

Inductive Logic - Branden Fitelson, University of California at Berkeley

Instrumentalism - Kyle Stanford, University of California at Irvine

Laws of Nature - Jessica Pfeifer, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Logical Empiricism - Gary Hardcastle, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point

Mechanism - William Bechtel, Washington University

Observation - Dudley Shapere, Wake Forest University

Parsimony - Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Perception - Alva Noe, University of California Santa Cruz

Phenomenalism - Herbert Hochberg, University of Texas at Austin

Physicalism - Gene Witmer, University of Florida at Gainesville

Prediction - Jeff Barrett and Kyle Stanford, University of California at Irvine

Probability - Brandon Fitelson; Alan Hájek; Ned Hall, University of California at Berkeley; California Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Protocol Sentences - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Rational Reconstruction - Alan Richardson, University of British Columbia

Realism - Jarrett Leplin, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Reductionism - Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin and William Wimsatt, University of Chicago

Research Programs - Brendon Larvor, University of Hertfordshire

Scientific Domain - Dudley Shapere, Wake Forest University

Scientific Metaphors - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Scientific Models - Stephan Hartman, University of Pittsburgh

Scientific Progress - Michael Bradie, Bowling Green State University

Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Nickles, University of Nevada at Reno

Scientific Style - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Social Constructivism - Michael Lynch, Cornell University

Supervenience - Gene Witmer, University of Florida at Gainesville

Theories - Elisabeth Lloyd, Indiana University at Bloomington

Underdetermination of Theories - P. D. Magnus, University of Albany SUNY

Unity and Disunity of Science - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Unity of Science Movement - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Verifiability - Herbert Hochberg, University of Texas at Austin

Verisimiltude - Ilkka Niiniluoto, University of Helsinki

Vienna Circle - Friedrich Stadler, University of Vienna

Visualization - Laura Perini, Virginia Tech




Biology


Biology, Philosophy of - Paul Griffiths, University of Pittsburgh

Adaptation and Adaptationism - Samir Okasha, University of Bristol

Altruism - Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Biological Information - Stephen Downes, University of Utah

Conservation Biology - Justin Garson and James Justus, University of Texas at Austin

Ecology - Jay Odenbaugh, Lewis and Clark College

Evolution - Anya Plutynski, University of Utah

Fitness - Fredric Bouchard, Duke University

Genetics - Raphael Falk, The Hebrew University

Immunology - Alfred Tauber, Boston University

Individual - David Hull, Northwestern University

Innate/Acquired Distinction - James MacLaurin, University of Otago

Molecular Biology - Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin

Natural Selection - Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Population Genetics - Anya Plutynski, University of Utah and Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania

Biology, continued


Species - David Hull, Northwestern University




Physical Sciences


Physics, Philosophy of - Laura Ruetsche, University of Pittsburgh

Anthropic Principle - Sherrilyn Roush, Rice University

Astronomy, Philosophy of - Michelle Sandell, Northwestern University

Chemistry, Philosophy of - Jeff Ramsey, Smith College

Classical Mechanics - Michael Stöltzner, Institute Vienna Circle

Complementarity - C. A. Hooker, University of Newcastle

Irreversibility - Adam Elga, Princeton University

Kinetic Theory - Henk W. de Regt, Vrije Universiteit

Locality - Hans Halvorson, Princeton University

Particle Physics - Andrew Wayne, Concordia University

Quantum Field Theory - Holger Lyre, Universitaet Bonn

Quantum Logic - John Stachel, Boston University

Quantum Measurement Problem - Michael Dickson, Indiana University at Bloomington

Quantum Mechanics - Hans Halvorson, Princeton University

Space-Time - Robert DiSalle, University of Western Ontario

Statistical Mechanics - Janneke van Lith, Institute for History and Foundations of Science at Utrecht

Time - Adam Elga, Princeton University




Psychology and Mind


Psychology, Philosophy of - Rob Wilson, University of Alberta

Artificial Intelligence - Gualtiero Piccinini, University of Pittsburgh

Cognitive Science - Barbara von Eckardt, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Connectionism - William Bechtel, Washington University

Consciousness - Daniel Stoljar, Australian National University

Evolutionary Psychology - Paul Griffiths, University of Pittsburgh

Intentionality - Alex Bryne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Neurobiology - Valerie Hardcastle, Virginia Tech University




Social Sciences


Social Sciences, Philosophy of the - Noretta Koertge, Indiana University at Bloomington

Behaviorism - Andrew Backe, Indiana University at Bloomington

Economics, Philosophy of - Daniel Little, University of Michigan at Dearborn

Game Theory - J. McKenzie Alexander, London School of Economics

Methodological Individualism - Harold Kincaid, University of Alabama at Birmingham




Statistics


Statistics, Philosophy of - Deborah Mayo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute




Principal Figures


Ayer, Alfred Jules - Gary Hardcastle, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point

Bridgman, Percy - Ian Nyberg, University of Texas at Austin

Carnap, Rudolf - Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin

Chomsky, Noam - Peter Ludlow, SUNY Stony Brook

Einstein, Albert - John Stachel, Boston University

Feigl, Herbert - Friedrich Stadler, University of Vienna

Feyerabend, Paul - Matteo Motterlini, Università degli studi di Trento

Hahn, Hans - Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna

Hanson, Norwood Russell - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Hempel, Carl - Richard Grandy, Rice University

Hilbert, David - Ulrich Majer, University of Goettingen

Kuhn, Thomas - Richard Grandy, Rice University

Lakatos, Imre - Brendan Larvor, University of Hertfordshire

Mach, Ernst - Paul Pojman, University of Utah

Nagel, Ernest - Patrick Suppes, Stanford University

Neurath, Otto - Jordi Cat, Indiana University at Bloomington

Poincaré, Henri - Janet Folina, Macalester College

Popper, Karl - Stephen Thornton, University of Limerick

Putnam, Hilary - Ori Simchen, Yale University

Quine, W. V. - Paul Gregory, Colgate University

Ramsey, Frank P. - Brad Armendt, Arizona State University

Reichenbach, Hans - Andreas Kamlah, Universität Osnabrück

Russell, Bertrand - Andrew Irvine, University of British Columbia

Schlick, Moritz - Friedrich Stadler, University of Vienna

Searle, John - Alyosius Martinich, University of Texas at Austin

Turing, Alan - Andrew Hodges, University of Oxford

von Neumann, John - Michael Stöltzner, Institute Vienna Circle