Next Home Previous Decision Theory with a Human Face Richard Bradley Reviewed by Seamus Bradley Decision Theory with a Human Face Richard Bradley Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, £75.00 ISBN 9781107003217 This is an ambitious book on an interesting topic.

Next Home Previous Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered Stéphanie Ruphy Reviewed by Michela Massimi Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered: A New Approach to the (Dis)unity of Science Stéphanie Ruphy Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016, £42.50 ISBN 9780822944584 Scientific pluralism is a timely and important topic in contemporary philosophy of science.

Next Home Previous Scientific Composition and Metaphysical Ground Kenneth Aizawa and Carl Gillett Reviewed by Michael Bertrand Scientific Composition and Metaphysical Ground Kenneth Aizawa and Carl Gillett ( eds ) London: Palgrave, 2016, £53.99 ISBN: 9781137562159 Scientific Composition and Metaphysical Ground is composed of ten essays concerning broadly compositional

Next Home Previous Protective Measurement and Quantum Reality Shan Gao Reviewed by Valia Allori Protective Measurement and Quantum Reality: Toward a New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics Shan Gao ( ed .) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, £67.00 ISBN 9781107069633 This is an edited collection to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the discovery of protective

Next Home Previous Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology Robert Chapman and Alison Wylie Reviewed by Sabina Leonelli Evidential Reasoning in Archaeology Robert Chapman and Alison Wylie London: Bloomsbury, 2016, £60 ISBN 9781472525277 This volume emerges from years of collaboration between the world-leading philosopher of archaeology, Alison Wylie, and eminent archaeologist Robert Chapman.

Next Home Previous Science outside the Laboratory Marcel Boumans Reviewed by Catherine Herfeld Science outside the Laboratory: Measurement in Field Science and Economics Marcel Boumans Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, £38.99 ISBN 9780199388288 In this book, Marcel Boumans takes up an under-researched topic in philosophy of science, namely, the reliability of measurement in field

Next Home Previous Natural Kinds and Classification in Scientific Practice Catherine Kendig Reviewed by Muhammad Ali Khalidi Natural Kinds and Classification in Scientific Practice Catherine Kendig ( ed .) Oxford: Routledge, 2015, £110 ISBN 9781848935402 Philosophers once thought that natural kinds were a manageable bunch, and that they could be grouped into a few taxonomic systems

Next Home Previous How to Do Science with Models Axel Gelfert Reviewed by Tarja Knuuttila How to Do Science with Models: A Philosophical Primer Axel Gelfert Dordrecht: Springer, 2016, £ 37.99 ISBN 9783319279541 The bourgeoning literature on the various aspects of models and modelling has recently spawned book-length studies that also aim to function as introductions to philosophical

Next Home Previous Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life Peter Godfrey-Smith Reviewed by Thomas W. Polger Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life Peter Godfrey-Smith William Collins, 2017, £20.00 ISBN 9780008226275 ‘Peter Godfrey-Smith is besotted with cephalopods’, begins a review of Other Minds in the Los Angeles

Next Home Previous Understanding Institutions: The Science and Philosophy of Living Together Francesco Guala Reviewed by Christopher Clarke Understanding Institutions: The Science and Philosophy of Living Together Francesco Guala Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, £27.95 ISBN 9780691171784 If you take a philosophical interest in social ontology, either as a specialist or

Next Home Previous The Multiple Realization Book Thomas W. Polger and Lawrence A. Shapiro Reviewed by Marion Godman The Multiple Realization Book Thomas W. Polger and Lawrence A. Shapiro New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, £50.00 ISBN 9780198732891 Multiple realization is rather casually thought by many scientists and philosophers to be the saving grace of scientific