Home A Minimal Metaphysics for Scientific Practice Andreas Hüttemann Reviewed by Steven French A Minimal Metaphysics for Scientific Practice Andreas Hüttemann Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, £75.00 ISBN 9781316519394 Unpacking the title of this book, Hüttemann’s aim is to establish a metaphysics for scientific practice in the sense of ‘making explicit assumptions concerning the structure of reality that best

Home Model Organisms Rachel A Ankeny and Sabina Leonelli Reviewed by Jessica Bolker Model Organisms Rachel A Ankeny and Sabina Leonelli Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, £15.00/OA ISBN 9781108742320 Model organisms dwell at the interface of philosophy and biology, a location that raises many interesting epistemological issues.

Home Kuhn’s Intellectual Path K Brad Wray Reviewed by Howard Sankey Kuhn’s Intellectual Path: Charting The Structure of Scientific Revolutions K Brad Wray Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, £75.00 ISBN 9781316512173 Thomas Kuhn’s extraordinarily successful book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , was one of the most significant works in the history and philosophy of science of the latter half of the

Home Representation of Language Georges Rey Reviewed by Gabe Dupre Representation of Language: Philosophical Issues in a Chomskyan Linguistics Georges Rey Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, £65 ISBN 9780198855637 Analytic philosophy’s relationship with generative linguistics has been highly variable.

Home Modelling Nature Roman Frigg and James Nguyen Reviewed by José Díez Modelling Nature: An Opinionated Introduction to Scientific Representation Roman Frigg and James Nguyen Cham: Springer, 2020, £79.99 / £59.99 ISBN 9783030451523 / 9783030451554 Roman Frigg and James Nguyen’s Modelling Nature is a comprehensive, critical review of the latest developments in the modelling literature.

Home On the Foundations of Computing Giuseppe Primiero Reviewed by John Symons and Syed Abumusab On the Foundations of Computing Giuseppe Primiero Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, £40.00 ISBN 9780198835653 Philosophy of computer science has become a lively and diverse enterprise.

Home Towards a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry Kenneth Kendler and Peter Zachar Reviewed by Dominic Murphy and Alexander Pereira Towards a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry: The Writings of Kenneth Kendler Kenneth Kendler and Peter Zachar ( eds ) Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019, £70.99 ISBN 9781527538801 The history of psychiatry does not inspire confidence, even among psychiatrists, and

Home Neurocognitive Mechanisms Gualtiero Piccinini Reviewed by Matteo Colombo Neurocognitive Mechanisms : Explaining Biological Cognition Gualtiero Piccinini Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, £80.00 ISBN 9780198866282 Gualtiero Piccinini’s Neurocognitive Mechanisms clarifies and addresses several foundational questions in the cognitive sciences, including: How does a multi-level mechanism like the brain

Home Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Eva Jablonka & Marion J Lamb Reviewed by Pierrick Bourrat Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Eva Jablonka and Marion J Lamb Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, £15.00 ISBN 9781108716024 As a student of evolutionary biology, one of the first things I learnt is that there are no strict laws in biology.

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.