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Pluralism and complexity without integration? A critical appraisal of Mitchell’s integrative pluralism
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)This paper critically examines Mitchell’s integrative pluralism. Integrative pluralism is the view that scientific explanations should primarily aim to integrate descriptions from different ontological levels. We contend ... -
How pluralistic is pluralism really? A case study of Sandra Mitchell’s Integrative Pluralism
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)Los pluralistas epistémicos a menudo argumentan que diferentes perspectivas epistémicas en ciencia tienen el mismo nivel de justificación en diferentes contextos. Sandra Mitchell, con su Pluralismo Integrativo (PI), ha ... -
The landscape of integrative pluralism
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)In this essay, I revisit and extend my arguments for a view of science that is pluralistic, perspectival and pragmatist. I attempt to resolve mismatches between metaphysical assumptions, epistemological desiderata, and ... -
Guest editors’ Introduction: Philosophical lessons from complexity: Sandra Mitchell’s contribution to philosophy of science
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2023)This monographic issue contains a long article bringing together the Lullius Lectures delivered by Professor Sandra Mitchell during the Xth Conference of the Society of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science in ...