1st Edition
Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science
Introduction
Ravit Dotan and Shamik Dasgupta
Part I: Are Boltzmann Brains Bad?
1. Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad
Sean M. Carroll
2. What Follows from the Possibility of Boltzmann Brains?
Matthew Kotzen
Part II: Does Mathematical Explanation Require Mathematical Truth?
3. Mathematical Explanation Requires Mathematical Truth
Christopher Pincock
4. Mathematical Explanation Doesn’t Require Mathematical Truth
Mary Leng
Part III: Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest Spacetime is Non-fundamental?
5. Against Wavefunction Realism
David Wallace
6. Separability, Locality, and Higher Dimensions in Quantum Mechanics
Alyssa Ney
Part IV: Is Evolution Fundamental When it Comes to Defining Biological Ontology?
7. Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Biological Ontology?
Maureen A. O'Malley
8. Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Defining Biological Ontology? Yes
Ellen Clarke
Part V: Is Chance Ontologically Fundamental?
9. Chance and the Great Divide
Ned Hall
10. On Chance (or, Why I am Only a Half-Humean)
J. T. Ismael
Part VI: Are Sexes Natural Kinds?
11. Are Sexes Natural Kinds?
Muhammad Ali Khalidi
12 The Animal Sexes as Historical Explanatory Kinds
Laura Franklin-Hall
Biography
Shamik Dasgupta is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 2016. He works in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and value theory.
Ravit Dotan is a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. She specializes in epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of machine learning.
Brad Weslake is Associate Professor of Philosophy at NYU Shanghai. His central research interest is philosophy of science, especially causation and explanation.
