Understanding Perspectivism : Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (211 pages)
- Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science Series .
- Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Pragmatism, Perspectivism, and the Historicity of Science -- 2 Explanation, Interdisciplinarity, and Perspectives -- 3 What Is Perspectivism, and Does It Count as Realism? -- 4 Realism and Explanatory Perspectives -- 5 Universality and the Problem of Inconsistent Models -- 6 Representationalism in Measurement Theory. Structuralism or Perspectivalism? -- 7 Safe-and-Substantive Perspectivism -- 8 Charting the Heraclitean Brain: Perspectivism and Simplification in Models of the Motor Cortex -- 9 Cancer Modeling: The Advantages and Limitations of Multiple Perspectives -- 10 Perspectives, Representation, and Integration -- Contributors -- Index.