I argue that, contrary to the standard view, one cannot understand the structure and nature of
our knowledge in physics without an analysis of the way that observers (and, more …

We examine the justification for taking the Event Horizon Telescope's famous 2019 image to
be a reliable representation of the region surrounding a black hole. We argue that it takes …

In this paper I discuss the first “multi-messenger” observations of a binary neutron star
merger and kilonova. These observations, touted as “revolutionary,” included both …

In this paper I provide an account of the sense in which the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration's 2015
observation," GW150914" constituted the first" direct detection" of gravitational waves …

This paper will discuss the recent LIGO-Virgo observations of gravitational waves and the
binary black hole mergers that produce them. These observations rely on having prior …

This is an open access book. This book, the first edited collection of its kind, explores the
recent emergence of philosophical research in astrophysics. It assembles a variety of …

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 …

It's expensive. If you have the money to blow, however, it will be worth it. It is a tour de force
of a historic-philosophical investigation of how science really works. Some of the required …

This is an open access book. This book, the first edited collection of its kind, explores the
recent emergence of philosophical research in astrophysics. It assembles a variety of …