EPSA Epistemology and Methodology of Science

Naturalism and the Scientific Status of the Social Sciences.- Reconsidering Gilbert’s Account of Social Norms.- Theories for Use: On the Bearing of Basic Science on Practical Problems.- Structural Realism as a Form of Humility.- Approaching the Truth via Belief Change in Propositional Languages.- Can Graphical Causal Inference Be Extended to Nonlinear Settings?.- Towards a Grammar of Bayesian Confirmation.- Epistemic Accuracy and Subjective Probability.- Interpretation in the Natural Sciences.- Multiple Realizability and Mind-Body Identity.- Why Should Philosophers of Science Pay Attention to the Commercialization of Academic Science?.- Some Consequences of the Pragmatist Approach to Representation.- The Gray Area for Incorruptible Scientific Research.- Epistemic Replacement Relativism Defended.- Models and Truth.- Theory Change, Truthlikeness, and Belief Revision.- Mechanisms: Are Activities up to the Job?.- Why the Model-Theoretic View of Theories Does Not Adequately Depict the Methodology of Theory Application.- A Deflationary, Neo-Mertonian Critique of Academic Patenting.- ‘I Want to Look Like a Lady, Not Like a Factory Worker’ Rose Rand, a Woman Philosopher of the Vienna Circle.- Natural Kind Theory as a Tool for Philosophers of Science.- Whence Ontological Structural Realism?.- Local, General and Universal Prediction Methods: A Game-Theoretical Approach to the Problem of Induction.- Multiple Contraction Revisited.- Statistical Inference Without Frequentist Justifications.- Carnap and the Perils of Ramseyfication.- Naturalizing Meaning Through Epistemology: Some Critical Notes.- What Games Do Scientists Play? Rationality and Objectivity in a Game-Theoretic Approach to the Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge.