Soler, Léna
Characterizing the Robustness of Science
1. Introduction: The Solidity of Scientific Achievements: Structure of the Problem, Difficulties, Philosophical Implications
Léna Soler
2. Robustness, Reliability, and Overdetermination (1981)
William C. Wimsatt
3. Robustness: Material, and Inferential, in the Natural and Human Sciences
William C. Wimsatt
4. Achieving Robustness to Confirm Controversial Hypotheses: A Case Study in Cell Biology
Emiliano Trizio
5. Multiple Derivability and the Reliability and Stabilization of Theories
Hubertus Nederbragt
6. Robustness of an Experimental Result: The Example of the Tests of Bell’s Inequalities
Catherine Dufour†, Léna Soler
7. Scientific Images and Robustness
Catherine Allamel-Raffin, Jean-Luc Gangloff
8. Are We Still Babylonians? The Structure of the Foundations of Mathematics from a Wimsattian Perspective
Ralf Krömer
9.
Jacob Stegenga
10. Robustness of Results and Robustness of Derivations: The Internal Architecture of a Solid Experimental Proof
Léna Soler
11. Multiple Means of Determination and Multiple Constraints of Construction: Robustness and Strategies for Modeling Macromolecular Objects
Frédéric Wieber
12. Understanding Scientific Practices: The Role of Robustness Notions
Mieke Boon
13. The Robustness of Science and the Dance of Agency
Andrew Pickering
14. Dynamic Robustness and Design in Nature and Artifact
Thomas Nickles
Nyckelord: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Science, general, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Biology
- Författare
- Soler, Léna
- Trizio, Emiliano
- Nickles, Thomas
- Wimsatt, William
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2012
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 2012
- Serie
- Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
- Sidantal
- 10 sidor
- Kategori
- Filosofi
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789400727595