Philosophy of Science in Practice

Hiang-Ke Chao is Professor of Economics at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Julian Reiss is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at Durham University, UK.

• Chapter 1. Introduction; Hsiang-Ke Chao.- PART I. Evidence in Practice.- Chapter 2. Single Case Causes: What is Evidence and Why; Nancy Cartwright.- Chapter 3. Partial Evidence in Medicine; Otávio Bueno.- Chapter 4. On the Casual Wars; Julian Reiss.- Part II. Laws and Causation in Practice.- Chapter 5. Dappled Science in a Unified World; Michael Strevens.- Chapter 6. A Dual-Role Account of Ceteris Paribus Laws; Kai-Yuan Cheng.- Chapter 7. On Component Forces in Physics: A Pragmatic View; Darrell P. Rowbottom.- Chapter 8. Mechanisms, Capacities, and Nomological Machines: Integrating Cartwright’s Account of Nomological Machines and Machamer, Darden and Craver’s Account of Mechanisms; Ruey-Lin Chen.- Part III. Models in Practice.- Chapter 9. Scientific Representation Is Representation-As; Roman Frigg .- Chapter 10. Model-Based Knowledge and Credible Policy Analysis; Hsiang-Ke Chao.​