Description
This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. The book brings together an array of essays that reflect on the methodological promises and scientific challenges of perspectivism in a variety of fields such as physics, biology, cognitive neuroscience, and cancer research, just as a few examples. What are the advantages of using a plurality of perspectives in a given scientific field and for interdisciplinary research? Can different perspectives be integrated? What is the relation between perspectivism, pluralism, and pragmatism? These ten new essays by top scholars in the field offer a polyphonic journey towards understanding the view called ‘perspectivism’ and its relevance to science.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Michela Massimi and Casey D. McCoy
Chapter 1. Pragmatism, Perspectivism, and the Historicity of Science
Hasok Chang
Chapter 2. Explanation, interdisciplinarity, and perspectives
Melinda Bonnie Fagan
Chapter 3. What is Perspectivism, and Does it Count as Realism?
Paul Teller
Chapter 4. Realism and Explanatory Perspectives
Juha Saatsi
Chapter 5. Universality and the Problem of Inconsistent Models
Collin Rice
Chapter 6. Representationalism in Measurement Theory. Structuralism or Perspectivalism?
Johanna E. Wolff
Chapter 7. Safe-and-substantive perspectivism
David Danks
Chapter 8. Charting the Heraclitean Brain: Perspectivism and Simplification in Models of the Motor Cortex
Mazviita Chirimuuta
Chapter 9. Cancer Modeling: the Advantages and Limitations of Multiple Perspectives
Anya Plutynski
Chapter 10. Perspectives, Representation, and Integration
Sandra D. Mitchell
