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Description of  Current Trends in Philosophy of Science: A Prospective for the Near Future (Synthese Library, 462)

This book seeks to provide new perspectives, to broaden the field of philosophy of science, or to renew themes that have had a great impact on the profession. Thus, after an initial chapter to situate the current trends in philosophy of science and the prospective of the near future, it offers contributions in five thematic blocks: I) Philosophy of Medicine and Climate Change II) Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet III) New Analyses of Probability and the Use of Mathematics in Practice IV) Scientific Progress Revisited and V) Scientific Realism and the Instrumentalist Alternative. Read more