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On an Alleged Loophole in Causal Closure: A Reply to Gamper
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2021)
This paper intends to critically consider the idea put forward by Johan Gamper (Philosophia 45: 631-636, 2017) that the principle of causal closure can be reconciled with the possibility of pluralism. This idea is based ...
The Number Ten Reconsidered: Did the Pythagoreans Have an Account of the Dekad?
(Walter de Gruyter Gmbh, Berlin, 2020)
We critically reconsider an old hypothesis of the role of the dekad in Pythagorean philosophy. Unlike Zhmud, we claim that: 1) the dekad did play a role in Philolaus' astronomical system, and 2) Aristotle did not project ...
Observation, Experiment, and Scientific Practice
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon, 2021)
Ian Hacking has argued that the notions of experiment and observation are distinct, not even the opposite ends of a continuum. More recently, other authors have emphasised their continuity, saying it is futile to distinguish ...
Do Political Attitudes Matter for Epistemic Decisions of Scientists?
(Springer, Dordrecht, 2021)
The epistemic attitudes of scientists, such as epistemic tolerance and authoritarianism, play important roles in the discourse about rivaling theories. Epistemic tolerance stands for the mental attitude of an epistemic ...
Logic for the theory of concepts2
(Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za filozofiju, Novi Sad, 2020)
In this paper, we follow Gödel's remarks on an envisioned theory of concepts to determine which properties should a logical basis of such a theory have. The discussion is organized around the question of suitability of the ...
Sceptical Doubts - Raising the Standards or Changing the Angle?
(Croatian Philosophical Soc, Zagreb, 2020)
The goal of this paper is to explore two different accounts of the mechanisms by which epistemic standards change, as a basis for the explanation of how arguments for radical scepticism get their appearance of legitimacy ...
Boys Just Don't! Gender Stereotyping and Sanctioning of Counter-Stereotypical Behavior in Preschoolers
(Springer/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2020)
Although children start to adopt gender stereotypes by the age of three, there is less evidence about how early they start to sanction other children's counter-stereotypical behaviors. The present study explored the two ...