Papers

Most of the papers in this section are penultimate versions of the published ones. To see the published ones please go to the respective publisher websites.

Structural Realism papers:

'Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Structural Realism but Were Afraid to Ask', European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2011, vol. 1(2): 227–276.

'How not to be a Realist', to appear in D. Rickles (ed.), Structure, Object and Causality, (Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science), Springer, 2011, ch. 3. [penultimate version]

'A Preliminary Application of Frame-Theory to the Philosophy of Science: The Phlogiston-Oxygen Case', to appear in Sebastian Loebner and Rainer Osswald (eds.), Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition, and Science, Springer, secondary author with Gerhard Schurz. [penultimate version]

'Structural Realism: Continuity and its Limits', in A. Bokulich and P. Bokulich (eds.), Scientific Structuralism, (Boston Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science), Springer, 2011, pp. 105-117. [penultimate version]

'Δομικός Ρεαλισμός: Ιστορική Συνοχή και τα Όρια της', Proceedings of the 5th Pan-Hellenic Conference in the History, Philosophy and Teaching of Natural Sciences, 2009.

'Uninterpreted Equations and the Structure-Nature Distinction', Philosophical Inquiry, 2007, vol. 29(1-2):57-71.

'The Upward Path to Structural Realism', Philosophy of Science, 2005, vol. 72(5): 1361-1372.*

'Is Structure Not Enough?', Philosophy of Science, 2003, vol.70(5): 879-890.*

Scientific Realism papers:

'The Prospective Stance in Realism', Philosophy of Science, forthcoming. [penultimate version]

'Saving the Intuitions: Polylithic Reference', Synthese, 2011, vol 180(2): 121-137. [penultimate version]

'The Scientific Realism Debate', draft.
(This is the first chapter of my dissertation; no bibliography is provided at the end)

'Evidential Equivalence', draft.
(This is still in draft form. The final version will be expanded and coauthored with Gerhard Schurz).

Data and Phenomena papers:

'Making Contact with Observations' in M. Suárez, M. Dorato and M. Rédei (eds.), EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences. Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association, vol. 2, Springer, 2010. [penultimate version]

'Data Meet Theories: Up Close and Inferentially Personal', to appear in Synthese, DOI 10.1007/s11229-009-9614-9. [penultimate version]

Reviews / Reports:

Review of Anjan Chakravartty's A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism, Analysis, 2009, vol. 69(2):378-380. [penultimate version]

'Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Underdetermination', Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 2009, vol. 40 (1):137-140. [penultimate version]

(Review of Yemima Ben-Menahem's Conventionalism: From Poincaré to Quine, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 2008, vol. 39(1): 234–237.

Report on Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Underdetermination , The Reasoner, 2008, vol. 2(6): 5-6.

Review of Kyle Stanford's Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2007, vol.21(1): 103-106. [penultimate version]

Review of Ilkka Niiniluoto's Critical Scientific Realism, Philosophy of Science, 2003, vol.70(2): 444-7.*

* The Philosophy of Science Association is the copyright owner.