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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

IF 1.8 2区哲学

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）

IF 1.8 2区哲学

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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Objectivity and objectification. On the ethics and epistemologies of skin colour measurements in the social sciences 客观和客观化。论社会科学中肤色测量的伦理学与认识论。

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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.2025.102112

Sarah Abel

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On the uses and abuses of biomarkers in clinical reasoning 生物标志物在临床推理中的应用与滥用

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102108

Benjamin Chin-Yee

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Nothing comes from nothing but the rho meson: The origin of the bootstrap concept in particle physics 除了介子，什么都不是从什么产生的：粒子物理学中自举概念的起源

IF 1.8 2区哲学

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102082

Alexander S. Blum , Jens Salomon

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Are Saudi classrooms ready for an interdisciplinarity that utilizes evolutionary biology in teaching fiction? 沙特的课堂是否已经准备好接受在小说教学中运用进化生物学的跨学科教学？

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.102074

Khadijah A. Aljabri

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