Understanding Perspectivism

This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. These ten new essays by top scholars in the field offer a polyphonic journey towards understanding the view called 'perspectivism' and its relevance to science.

Autorentext

Michela Massimi *is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2011-2016) and Vice President of the European Philosophy of Science Association* (2015-2019).

Casey D. McCoy is a Postdoc at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research falls primarily within the philosophy of science and the philosophy of science and the philosophy of physics, and he has written on topics including inflationary cosmology, fine-tuning problems in physics, and the interpretation of statistical mechanics.

Inhalt

Introduction

Michela Massimi and Casey D. McCoy

Chapter 1. Pragmatism, Perspectivism, and the Historicity of Science

Hasok Chang

Chapter 2. Explanation, interdisciplinarity, and perspectives

Melinda Bonnie Fagan

Chapter 3. What is Perspectivism, and Does it Count as Realism?

Paul Teller

Chapter 4. Realism and Explanatory Perspectives

Juha Saatsi

Chapter 5. Universality and the Problem of Inconsistent Models

Collin Rice

Chapter 6. Representationalism in Measurement Theory. Structuralism or Perspectivalism?

Johanna E. Wolff

Chapter 7. Safe-and-substantive perspectivism

David Danks

Chapter 8. Charting the Heraclitean Brain: Perspectivism and Simplification in Models of the Motor Cortex

Mazviita Chirimuuta

Chapter 9. Cancer Modeling: the Advantages and Limitations of Multiple Perspectives

Anya Plutynski

Chapter 10. Perspectives, Representation, and Integration

Sandra D. Mitchell