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Research environments vis-à-vis biological environments: ontological parallels, epistemic parallax, and metaphilosophical parallelization 研究环境与生物环境：本体论平行、认识论视差和形而上学平行

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00603-7

Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda

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Niches and Niche Construction in Biology and Scientific Practice 生物学和科学实践中的利基和利基构建

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00604-6

Joseph Rouse

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Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives 跨学科的个性化和个性化科学

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8

Marie I. Kaiser, Anton Killin, Anja-Kristin Abendroth, Mitja D. Back, Bernhard T. Baune, Nicola Bilstein, Yves Breitmoser, Barbara A. Caspers, Jürgen Gadau, Toni I. Gossmann, Sylvia Kaiser, Oliver Krüger, Joachim Kurtz, Diana Lengersdorf, Annette K. F. Malsch, Caroline Müller, John F. Rauthmann, Klaus Reinhold, S. Helene Richter, Christian Stummer, Rose Trappes, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Meike J. Wittmann

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Calibrating the theory of model mediated measurement: metrological extension, dimensional analysis, and high pressure physics 校准以模型为中介的测量理论：计量学扩展、尺寸分析和高压物理学

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00600-w

Mahmoud Jalloh

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Highly idealized models of scientific inquiry as conceptual systems 作为概念系统的科学探究的高度理想化模式

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00601-9

Renne Pesonen

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Quantum fictivism 量子虚构主义

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00598-1

Vera Matarese

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Philosophy without natural kinds: a reply to Reydon & Ereshefsky 没有自然种类的哲学：对雷东和埃雷舍夫斯基的答复

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00594-5

David Ludwig

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A functionalist mixed approach to the ontology of quantum field theories 量子场论本体论的功能主义混合方法

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00599-0

Chunling Yan

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Two species of realism 两种现实主义

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00596-3

Vicente Raja, Guilherme Sanches de Oliveira

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Tales of twin cities: what are climate analogues good for? 双城记：气候模拟有什么用？

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-024-00597-2

Giovanni Valente, Hernán Bobadilla, Rawad El Skaf, Francesco Nappo

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