In this book, David Stump traces alternative conceptions of the a priori in the philosophy of
science and defends a unique position in the current debates over conceptual change and …

This paper revisits debates on a tension in Cassirer's philosophy of culture. On the one
hand, Cassirer describes a plurality of symbolic forms and claims that each needs to be …

One of the most important philosophical topics in the early twentieth century–and a topic that
was seminal in the emergence of analytic philosophy–was the relationship between Kantian …

Single-case and long-run propensity theories are among the main objective interpretations
of probability. There have been various objections to these theories, eg that it is difficult to …

This Element offers a new account of the philosophical significance of logical empiricism that
relies on the past forty years of literature reassessing the project. It argues that while logical …

Every physical theory has (at least) two different forms of mathematical equations to
represent its target systems: the dynamical (equations of motion) and the kinematical …

In the early 1920s, Hans Reichenbach and Kurt Lewin presented two topological accounts
of time that appear to be interrelated in more than one respect. Despite their different …

Abstract In his Scientific Representation (2008), van Fraassen argues that measuring is a
form of representation. In fact, every measurement pinpoints its target in accordance with …

The problem of measurement is a central issue in the epistemology and methodology of the
physical sciences. In recent literature on scientific representation, large emphasis has been …

This chapter concerns the philosophical and personal interactions between the Neo-Kantian
philosopher Ernst Cassirer and two members of the Berlin Group, Kurt Lewin and Hans …