Current controversies in philosophy of science /
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Current controversies in philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ravit Dotan and Shamik Dasgupta
- Part I. Are Boltzmann Brains Bad?: Why Boltzmann Brains are bad / Sean M. Carroll
- What follows from the possibility of Boltzmann Brains? / Matthew Kotzen
- Part II. Does mathematical explanation require mathematical truth?: Mathematical explanation requires mathematical truth / Christopher Pincock
- Mathematical explanation doesn't require mathematical truth / Mary Leng
- Part III. Does quantum mechanics suggest spacetime is nonfundamental?: Against wavefunction realism / David Wallace
- Separability, locality, and higher dimensions in quantum mechanics / Alyssa Ney
- Part IV. Is evolution fundamental when it comes to defining biological ontology?: Is evolution fundamental when it comes to biological ontology? / Maureen A. O'Malley
- Is evolution fundamental when it comes to defining biological ontology? Yes / Ellen Clarke
- Part V. Is chance ontologically fundamental?: Chance and the great divide / Ned Hall
- On chance (or, why i am only a half-Humean) / J. T. Ismael
- Part VI. Are sexes natural kinds?: Are sexes natural kinds? / Muhammad Ali Khalidi
- The animal sexes as historical explanatory kinds / Laura Franklin-Hall.