Next Home Previous THEORETICAL VIRTUES IN SCIENCE SAMUEL SCHINDLER Reviewed by Rune Nyrup Theoretical Virtues in Science: Uncovering Reality through Theory Samuel Schindler Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, £75.00 ISBN 9781108422260 Is philosophy of science best carried out at a fine-grained level, focusing on the theories and methods of individual sciences?

Next Home Previous ROCK, BONE, AND RUIN ADRIAN CURRIE Reviewed by Teru Miyake Rock, Bone, and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences Adrian Currie Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018, £27.00 ISBN 9780262037266 The historical sciences appear to present a challenge for mainstream views about the epistemology of science, which have largely been developed with the physical sciences in mind.

Next Home Previous Categories for the Working Philosopher Elaine Landry Reviewed by Chris Kapulkin and Nicholas Teh Categories for the Working Philosopher Elaine Landry ( ed .) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £75.00 ISBN 9780198748991 The publication of Saunders Mac Lane’s ([1971]) Categories for the Working Mathematician (CWM) was a signal

Next Home Previous EVERYTHING FLOWS DANIEL NICHOLSON AND JOHN DUPRÉ Reviewed by Adam Ferner Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology Daniel J. Nicholson and John Dupré ( eds ) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, £55 (hardback)/free (ebook) ISBN 9780198779636 For a few years now there have been strange rumblings emanating from Exeter.

Next Home Previous  The Deep Metaphysics of Space Edward Slowik Reviewed by Marius Stan The Deep Metaphysics of Space: An Alternative History and Ontology beyond Substantivalism and Relationism Edward Slowik Cham: Springer, 2016, £58.99 ISBN 9783319448671 Debates on the ontology of space used to gesture at some root in history—of philosophical groundings of dynamics

Next Home Previous A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World Michael Esfeld and Dirk-André Deckert Reviewed by Matteo Morganti A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World Michael Esfeld and Dirk-André Deckert New York: Routledge, 2018, £92 ISBN 9781138307308 Among those who embrace naturalism, and consequently urge that the a priori methods of philosophy

Next Home Previous Einstein Thomas Ryckman Reviewed by Tilman Sauer Einstein Thomas Ryckman London: Routledge, 2017, £100 (hardback), £19.99 (paperback) IBSN 9780415773263 / 9780415773270 Ryckman’s work derives its generic title from its being part of the series Routledge Philosophers , which features monographs on philosophers from Plato to Heidegger.

Next Home Previous Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science Matthew Slater and Zanja Yudell Reviewed by Julia Göhner Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science Matthew Slater and Zanja Yudell ( eds ) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £56 ISBN 9780199363209 Should metaphysics be informed by the results of contemporary science? Should it be naturalized?

Next Home Previous Actual Causality Joseph Y. Halpern Reviewed by Ian Rosenberg and Clark Glymour Actual Causality Joseph Y. Halpern Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016, £40 ISBN 9780262035026 1 Introduction Theories of ‘actual causation’ aim to provide an informative guide for assessing which events cause which others in circumstances where almost

Next Home Previous Exploring Inductive Risk Kevin C. Elliott and Ted Richards Reviewed by Daniel J. Hicks Exploring Inductive Risk Kevin C. Elliott and Ted Richards ( eds ) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £64 ISBN 9780190467715 The role of ethical, political, social, and other non-epistemic values in science has recently emerged as a mainstream topic within the philosophy of

Next Home Previous Explanation and Integration in Mind and Brain Science David M. Kaplan Reviewed by Joe Dewhurst Explanation and Integration in Mind and Brain Science David M. Kaplan (ed) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £45 ISBN 9780199685509 The debate over whether, and to what extent, psychological explanations can be considered to be ‘autonomous’ is an old one,