Home Constructing Quantum Mechanics Anthony Duncan & Michel Janssen Reviewed by Jan Faye Constructing Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1: The Scaffold 1900–1923 Anthony Duncan and Michel Janssen Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, £65.00 ISBN 9780198845478 As a philosopher of science interested in scientific methodology, one can take either a top-down or a bottom-up approach to understanding the development of science.

Home Previous What Is a Complex System? James Ladyman and Karoline Wiesner Reviewed by David Kinney What Is a Complex System? James Ladyman and Karoline Wiesner New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020, £25.00 ISBN 9780300251104 In 1984, a group of renowned scientists from a variety of disciplines, many associated with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, convened a series of meetings in Santa Fe, USA.

Home Previous The Nature of Contingency Alastair Wilson Reviewed by Baptiste Le Bihan The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism Alastair Wilson Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, £50.00 ISBN 9780198846215 In The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism , Alastair Wilson introduces and defends quantum modal realism.

Next Home Previous How to Study Animal Minds Kristin Andrews Reviewed by Irina Mikhalevich How to Study Animal Minds Kristin Andrews Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, £15.00 ISBN 9781108727464 This volume is an embedded philosopher’s field guide to comparative psychology and it attempts to navigate the conceptual and methodological challenges facing the study of animal minds.

Next Home Previous Understanding Perspectivism Michela Massimi and Casey D McCoy Reviewed by Jordi Cat Understanding Perspectivism: Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects Michela Massimi and Casey D McCoy ( eds ) London: Routledge, 2019, £120.00 / Open Access ISBN 9781138503069 In memory of Ron Giere This volume, edited by Michela Massimi and Casey D. McCoy, consists of ten essays whose goal,

Next Home Previous Materialism Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman Reviewed by Majid D Beni Materialism: A Philosophical Inquiry Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman London: Routledge, 2019, £110 / £14.99 ISBN 9780367201333 / 9780367201340 Materialism: A Philosophical Inquiry by Robin Gordon Brown and James Ladyman presents an introduction to the history and philosophy of materialism for non-specialists.

Next Home Previous Beyond the Meme Alan C. Love and William Wimsatt Reviewed by Azita Chellappoo Beyond the Meme: Development and Structure in Cultural Evolution Alan C. Love and William Wimsatt ( eds ) Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota University Press, 2019, £132.00 / £33.00 ISBN 9781517906894 / 9781517906900 Since Richard Dawkins first coined the term ‘meme’, the meme and its associated research programme has been mired in

Next Home Previous Power and Influence Richard Corry Reviewed by Anaïs Rebecca White Power and Influence: The Metaphysics of Reductive Explanation Richard Corry Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, £58.00 ISBN 9780198840718 Reductive explanations in the sciences are as ubiquitous as they are illuminating.

Next Home Previous The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett Reviewed by Sander Werkhoven The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease: New Philosophical and Scientific Developments Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, £20 ISBN 9783030118983 This book is about the most general model in medicine and health care: the much-celebrated biopsychosocial model, first

Next Home Previous Representation in Cognitive Science Nicholas Shea Reviewed by Daniel Calder and Jonny Lee Representation in Cognitive Science Nicholas Shea Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, £53.00/ £19.99 ISBN 9780198812883/ 9780198866954 The role of representation in understanding cognition continues to be one of the most hotly contested debates in contemporary philosophy of cognitive science.

Next Home Previous The Past, Present, and Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Emily Herring, Kevin Matthew Jones, Konstantin S. Kiprijanov, and Laura M. Sellers Reviewed by Stephen Gaukroger The Past, Present, and Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Emily Herring, Kevin Matthew Jones, Konstantin S. Kiprijanov, and Laura M. Sellers ( eds ) London: Routledge, 2019, £120 ISBN