ioannis votsis


Structural Realism papers:

'How not to be a Realist or why we Ought to Make it Safe for Closet Structural Realists to Come out', to appear in D. Rickles (ed.), Structure, Object and Causality, Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science.

'The Caloric Concept under a Frame-Theoretic Spotlight', to appear in Sebastian Loebner and Rainer Osswald (eds.), Concept Types and Frames in Language, Cognition, and Science Conference 2009, primary author with Gerhard Schurz.

'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 Conference 2009, secondary author with Gerhard Schurz.

'Structural Realism: Continuity and its Limits', to appear in A. Bokulich and P. Bokulich (eds.), Scientific Structuralism, (Boston Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science).

'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.*

'Survey of Structuralism in the Natural Sciences', draft.
(The above is the second chapter of my doctoral dissertation. A more detailed account can be found in a recent paper I co-authored with Roman Frigg (LSE). This latter paper is currently under review. I will make it available when it is officially accepted for publication.)

'Structural Realism and the Caloric Theory of Heat', draft.
(This is the sixth chapter of my dissertation; no bibliography is provided at the end)

Scientific Realism papers:

'Saving the Intuitions: Polylithic Reference', to appear in Synthese, DOI 10.1007/s11229-009-9601-1, forthcoming.

'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.

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

Reviews / Reports:

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

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

(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.

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.



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