Studies in History and Philosophy of Science最新文献

Soft control: Furthering the case for Modified Interventionist Theory 软控制：进一步论证修正干预理论

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.004

Toby Friend

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Explanatory circles 解释圈。

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.005

Isaac Wilhelm

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Modus Darwin redux 达尔文模式再现

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.009

Christopher Stephens

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The philosophical coming of age of science. Euler’s role in Cassirer’s early philosophy of space and time 科学的哲学时代。欧拉在卡西勒早期时空哲学中的作用

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.007

Marco Giovanelli

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Freud, bullshit, and pseudoscience 弗洛伊德、废话和伪科学

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.003

Michael T. Michael

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Kant on the logical form of organized being 康德论有组织存在的逻辑形式

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.006

Thomas Marré

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Gauge invariance through gauge fixing 通过量规固定实现量规不变性

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.002

David Wallace

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Mathematics and society reunited: The social aspects of Brouwer's intuitionism 数学与社会的结合：布劳威尔直觉主义的社会方面。

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.008

Kati Kish Bar-On

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Gravitational redshift revisited: Inertia, geometry, and charge 重温引力红移：惯性、几何和电荷

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.09.001

Johannes Fankhauser , James Read

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Euclidean rigor and the curious case of the (missing) reflex angle 欧几里得严谨性与（缺失的）反射角奇案

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.08.002

Anand Ekbote

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