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Categorification of perspectives 视角分类

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-24 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00717-6

Aboutorab Yaghmaie, Bijan Ahmadi Kakavandi

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Perspectivist account of truth-theoretic semantics in quantum mechanics 量子力学中真理论语义的透视主义解释

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-026-00725-0

Vassilios Karakostas

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Relational unsharp properties: A POVM-based ontology for relational quantum mechanics 关系非尖锐性质：基于povm的关系量子力学本体

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-026-00719-y

Vincenzo Fano, Simone Salzano, Marco Sanchioni

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Rethinking interlevel experiments: no remainder from evidence for causal relations 重新思考层次间实验：因果关系证据无余数

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00714-9

Maria Şerban

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Self-defeating and self-fulfilling reactivity 自我挫败和自我实现的反应

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-026-00720-5

Yotam Harel

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Lane-Petter’s Pipeline: Why reliably decreasing animal research takes more than replacements Lane-Petter的管道：为什么可靠地减少动物研究需要的不仅仅是替代

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00715-8

Nico Dario Müller

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Domain demarcation: Herbert Simon meets multiscale modeling 领域划分：Herbert Simon满足多尺度建模

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-01-26 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00697-7

Jennifer S. Jhun

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Judging the worth of pursuing: assessing the dynamic responsivity of a project to experimental and model-building practices 判断追求的价值：评估项目对实验和模型构建实践的动态响应

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00708-7

William Anthony Penn, Arica Bauer

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When to recommend no experiment? drug regulation and the institutional shaping of pursuitworthiness 什么时候推荐不做实验？药品监管与追求性的制度塑造

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00710-z

HyeJeong Han

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Qualification and explanation in the dynamical/geometrical debate 动力学/几何辩论中的定性和解释

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European Journal for Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s13194-025-00716-7

Pablo Acuña, James Read

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