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Justifying the epistemic authority of science in liberal democracy 在自由民主中证明科学的认识论权威

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00703-y

Somogy Varga, Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, Klemens Kappel

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The making of a mathematical notion by analogy: the case of Hamiltonicity of (locally finite) infinite graphs 通过类比得出一个数学概念：无限图的（局部有限的）哈密顿性的情况

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00695-9

Karl Heuer, José Antonio Pérez-Escobar, Deniz Sarikaya

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Funding big science: managing diversity, social responsibility, and limited resources 资助大科学：管理多样性、社会责任和有限的资源

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00698-6

Jamie Shaw

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Full title: “Scientific progress and modern cosmology” 全称：“科学进步与现代宇宙学”

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-26 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00686-w

Patrick M. Duerr, Finnur Dellsén

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Sex as a biological variable and the pursuitworthiness of exploratory inquiry 性别作为一个生物变量和探索性探究的追求价值

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00701-0

Marina DiMarco

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Many retrocausal worlds: A foundation for quantum probability 许多逆因果世界：量子概率的基础

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00696-8

Michael Ridley

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Metaphysical grounding and mathematical explanation 形而上学的基础和数学解释

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-08 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00681-1

Mohammad Maarefi

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Reflections on interdisciplinary research in practice: Epistemological conflicts 跨学科研究在实践中的反思：认识论冲突

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00685-x

Merel Talbi, Roosmarijn van Woerden

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The epistemological status of the direct and indirect observation distinction 直接观察与间接观察区分的认识论地位

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00687-9

Sarwar Ahmed

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Modeling practice and design principles in paleoinspired robotics: why deep time matters 古机器人的建模实践和设计原则：为什么深时间很重要

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00700-1

Marco Tamborini

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