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Every view is a view from somewhere: Pragmatist laws and possibility
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)Humean accounts of laws are often contrasted with governing accounts, and recent developments have added pragmatic versions of Humeanism. This paper offers Mitchell’s pragmatist, perspectival account of laws as a third ... -
Sometimes you ride the Pegasus, sometimes you take the road: Mitchell on laws in biology
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)Mitchell’s philosophical contributions are part of an ongoing conversation among philosophers and scientists about laws and unification in biology, going back at least to Darwin. This article situates Mitchell in this ... -
Pluralism and complexity without integration? A critical appraisal of Mitchell’s integrative pluralism
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)This paper critically examines Mitchell’s integrative pluralism. Integrative pluralism is the view that scientific explanations should primarily aim to integrate descriptions from different ontological levels. We contend ... -
How pluralistic is pluralism really? A case study of Sandra Mitchell’s Integrative Pluralism
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)Los pluralistas epistémicos a menudo argumentan que diferentes perspectivas epistémicas en ciencia tienen el mismo nivel de justificación en diferentes contextos. Sandra Mitchell, con su Pluralismo Integrativo (PI), ha ...