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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102087

Oscar Westerblad

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Pragmatic pluralism and problem framing: Why pragmatism demands pluralism 实用主义多元主义与问题框架：为什么实用主义需要多元主义。

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102109

Erman Sözüdoğru

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102071

Sabine Maasen

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Consciousness and the measurement problem 意识和测量问题

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102102

Denizhan Eren, Majid D. Beni

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Systematizing the interpretation of quantum theory via reconstruction 通过重构使量子理论的解释系统化。

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102100

Philip Goyal

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Evaluating the string-based multiverse research programme from the perspective of the history of science 从科学史的角度评价基于字符串的多元宇宙研究计划

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102104

Man Ho Chan

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“Sciences versus lettres: a state-sanctioned dualism (France, 1808–2020 ?)” 科学与文学：国家认可的二元论（法国，1808-2020 ?）

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102095

Wolf Feuerhahn

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Iberian Oceanography: The Strait of Gibraltar region and the Portuguese research vessel Albacora in the international scientific framework (1925–1940) 伊比利亚海洋学：国际科学框架中的直布罗陀海峡地区和葡萄牙科考船Albacora （1925-1940）

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102114

Pier Luigi Pireddu

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"Why do we argue about the specialness of the social sciences?" “为什么我们要争论社会科学的特殊性？”

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102113

Anna Alexandrova , Martin Kusch

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Leon Chwistek's discussion of Leonard Nelson's proof of the impossibility of the theory of knowledge Leon Chwistek对Leonard Nelson关于知识论不可能性的证明的讨论

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102110

Tomasz Kubalica

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