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Four new paper drafts (see Paper):

Revised

• Putting philosophical expertise to the test
• Armchair Physics and the Method of cases

New

• Explanation by Structural Necessitation
• Theoretical virtues: do scientists think what philosophers think they ought to think?

The book on Linguistic Intuitions, which I co-edited and contributed a chapter to, can now be pre-ordered on the OUP website:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/linguistic-intuitions-9780198840558?cc=no&lang=en&#

My book is now available in paperback. Please visit http://cambridge.org/9781108435031. Enter PHI1320 at the checkout for a 20% discount.

Historical Case Studies: The “Model Organisms” of Philosophy of Science (with Raphael Scholl)

Peter Achinstein, Speculation: Within and about Science // Reviewed by Samuel Schindler

Are thought experiments disturbing? The case of armchair physics. Co-authored with Pierre Saint-Germier.

See papers.

Today I’m giving a talk on my book the UCLA History, Philosophy, and Science of Science reading group.

Today I’m giving a talk in an informal seminar at UCSD on Theoretical Virtues in Science

see papers.