History of Modern Philosophy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

We offer a framework to represent the roles of empirical and theoretical factors in theory construction, and examine a case study to illustrate how the framework can be used to illuminate central features of scientific reasoning. The case study provides an extension of French and Ladyman’s (1997) analysis of Fritz and Heinz London’s model of superconductivity to accommodate the role of the anal...

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

In recent years a growing number of philosophers of science have come to realise that the philosophical foundations of statistical mechanics are not as secure as was once thought. Conceptual problems that had been swept under a carpet of technicalities, or simply ignored, have surfaced, solutions that were accepted are being questioned, and new routes are being explored. Thus, central issues su...

Possibilities of the Philosophy of History

Review of "Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy"

Philosophy of Mathematics and Philosophy of History

mathematical and one philosophical. In the first, Socrates leads the slave boy to correct, refine, and extend his intuition of a pair of geometrical diagrams by examining his presuppositions in the light of certain background knowledge (about arithmetic), as they solve a problem together. In the second, Socrates leads Meno to correct, refine, and extend his intuition about virtue as well as abo...