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BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Steven French

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

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Pierrick Bourrat

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.

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Jan Faye

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.