Isis Current Bibliography 2010 - History of Science Society

B. Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Science
10. PHILOSOPHY AND METHODS OF
SCIENCE
113. BARAB, Peter. The Complementary Nature of
Reality. (vii + 527 pp.; bibl.; index.) Portland, OR:
Open Way Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780982263709.
Wide-ranging treatment of the concept in philosophical
terms, going far beyond its implications in
quantum physics.
114. BECKERMANN, Ansgar. Analytische
Einführung in die Philosophie des Geistes. Translated
Title: [Analytic Introduction to the Philosophy
of Mind.] In German. De-Gruyter-Studienbuch. (xxi
+ 534 pp.; ill.; bibl.) Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
ISBN: 9783110204247.
115. BOUDRY, Maarten, Stefaan BLANCKE, and
Johan BRAECKMAN. “How Not to Attack Intelligent
Design Creationism: Philosophical Misconceptions
about Methodological Naturalism.” Found. Sci. 15
(2010): 227–244.
116. CHAKRAVARTTY, Anjan. A Metaphysics for
Scientific Realism: Knowing the Unobservable. (xvii
+ 251 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521876490.
Reviews: [ref. R152]
117. CLEMENT, John. Creative Model Construction
in Scientists and Students: The Role of Imagery,
Analogy, and Mental Stimulation. (xxvii + 601 pp.;
ill.; bibl.; index.) Dordrecht: Springer, 2008. ISBN:
9781402067112.
An analysis of video tapes of scientifically trained
experts thinking aloud while working on unfamiliar
problems.
118. COLLINS, Harry. Tacit and Explicit Knowledge.
(xiv + 186 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Chicago:
The University of Chicago Press, 2010. ISBN:
9780226113807.
119. DAVIES, E. B. Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections
on the Nature of Science. (x + 250 pp.; ill.; bibl.;
index.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
ISBN: 9780199586202.
Includes chapters on the nature of mathematics and
the relationship of science to religion.
120. DE REGT, Henk W., Sabina LEONELLI, and
Kai EIGNER. (Eds.) Scientific Understanding: Philosophical
Perspectives. (ix + 352 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.)
Pittsburg, PA: University of Pittsburg Press, 2009.
ISBN: 9780822943785.
121. DICKEN, Paul. Constructive Empiricism: Epistemology
and the Philosophy of Science. (288 pp.;
ill.; bibl.; index.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan,
2010. ISBN: 9780230247536.
122. ESPINOZA, Miguel. “La reducción de lo posible.
René Thom y el determinismo causal.” Theoria
(0495-4548) 22 (2007): 233–251.
123. FROST-ARNOLD, Karen Louise. “The Epistemological
Importance of Trust in Science.” Diss.
Abstr. Int. A 69/11 (2009).
Dissertation at University of Pittsburgh, 2008. Pub.
no. AAT 3335751. 184 pp.
124. GARNAR, Andrew Wells. “An Essay Concerning
Subjectivity and Scientific Realism: Some
Fancies on Sellarsian Themes and Onto-politics.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 69/05 (2008).
Dissertation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 2007. Advisor: Pitt, Joseph C.
Pub. no. AAT 3310179. 129 pp.
125. HARTMANN, Stephan. (Ed.) Nancy
Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science. Routledge Studies
in the Philosophy of Science, 3. (ix + 406 pp.;
ill.; bibl.; index.) New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN:
9780415386005.
Contributors: Carl HOEFER, Daniela BAILER-
JONES, Ulrich GAHDE, Margaret MORRISON,
Paul TELLER, Ronald N. GIERE, Mauricio
SUAREZ, Stathis PSILLOS, James WOODWARD,
Iain MARTEL, Julian REISS, Christoph Schmidt
PETRI, Michael ESFELD, Brigitte FALKENBURG,
Alfred NORDMANN.
126. HON, Giora. “Error: The Long Neglect, the
One-Sided View, and a Typology.” In Going Amiss in
Experimental Research, edited by HON et al. (2009)
[ref. 127], 11–26.
Explores the ideas of Karl Popper, Willard Quine,
and Alexandre Koyré.
127. HON, Giora, Jutta SCHICKORE, and Friedrich
STEINLE. (Eds.) Going Amiss in Experimental Research.
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science,
267. (x + 277 pp.; ill.) Dordrect, Netherlands:
Springer, 2009. ISBN: 9781402088926.
Contents: Giora HON, Jutta SCHICKORE and
Friedrich STEINLE, “Introduction: Mapping ‘Going
Amiss,’ ” 1-9; Giora HON, “Error: The Long
Neglect, the One-Sided View, and a Typology,”
11-26 [ref. 126]; Jutta SHICKORE, “Error as Historiographical
Challenge: The Infamous Globule
Hypothesis,” 27-45 [ref. 2531]; Giora HON,
“Living Extremely Flat: The Life of an Automaton;
John von Neumann’s Conception of Error of
(in)Animate Systems,” 55-71 [ref. 3639]; Kärin
NICKELSEN and Gerd GRASSHOFF, “Concepts
from the Bench: Hans Krebs, Kurt Henseleit and
the Urea Cycle,” 91-117 [ref. 3150]; Friedrich