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Philosophy of Astrophysics Stars, Simulations, and the Struggle to Determine What is Out There /

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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 original essays from scholars who are currently shaping this field, and it combines insightful overviews of the current...

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Other Authors: Mills Boyd, Nora (Editor), De Baerdemaeker, Siska (Editor), Heng, Kevin (Editor), Matarese, Vera (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 472
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
Astronomy.
Molecules > Models.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Astronomy > Observations.
Philosophy of Science.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Molecular Modelling.
Epistemology.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction (Vera Matarese, Siska De Baerdemaeker, and Nora Mills Boyd)
  • Part I: Theory, Observation, and the Relation Between Them. 2. Laboratory Astrophysics: Lessons for Epistemology of Astrophysics (Nora Mills Boyd)
  • 3. A Crack in the Track of the Hubble Constant (Marie Gueguen)
  • 4. Theory Testing in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics (Jamee Elder)
  • 5. Hybrid Enrichment of Theory and Observation in Next-Generation Stellar Population Synthesis (Lydia Patton)
  • 6. Doing More with Less: Dark Matter & Modified Gravity (Niels C. M. Martens and Martin King)
  • Part II: Models and Simulations. 7. Stellar Structure Models Revisited: Evidence and Data in Asteroseismology (Mauricio Suárez)
  • 8. Idealizations in Astrophysical Computer Simulations (Melissa Jacquart and Regy-Null R. Arcadia)
  • 9. Simulation Verification in Practice (Kevin Kadowaki)
  • 10. (What) Do We Learn from Code Comparisons? A Case Study of Self-Interacting Dark Matter Implementations (Helen Meskhidze)
  • 11. Simulation and Experiment Revisited: Temporal Data in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Shannon Sylvie Abelson)
  • 12. What's In a Survey? Simulation-Induced Selection Effects in Astronomy (Sarah C. Gallagher and Christopher Smeenk)
  • Part III: Black Holes. 13. On the Epistemology of Observational Black Hole Astrophysics (Juliusz Doboszewski and Dennis Lehmkuhl)
  • 14. Black Holes and Analogy (Alex Mathie)
  • 15. Extragalactic Reality Revisited: Astrophysics and Entity Realism (Simon Allzén)
  • Part IV: Concluding Thoughts. 16. Reflections by a Theoretical Astrophysicist (Kevin Heng)
  • 17. Annotated Bibliography (Cameron C. Yetman).

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