Manuscripts and Talks

Truth and Fiction in Science — by Paul Teller — last modified 2006-06-13 15:50

To appear in Sciences et Avenir. Final draft

Of Course Idealizations are Incommensurable! — by Paul Teller — last modified 2006-06-13 15:53

To appear in Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities? edited by Léna Soler, Howard Sankey and Paul Hoyningen-Huene: Kluwer

The FineWright Theory — by Paul Teller — last modified 2006-06-13 15:58

To appear in

Representation in Science — by Paul Teller — last modified 2006-08-24 10:38

To appear in the Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Science. This short piece gives a thumbnail sketch of much of my recent work on representation and truth

Some Dirtly Little Secrets About Truth - Talk Outline, March 2006 — by Paul Teller — last modified 2006-08-24 13:45

This talk will continue to evolve. Check for later editions.

Interview on my attitudes towards philosophy of physics — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-01-30 16:55

A chatty piece on my attitudes towards philosophy much more generally, really. To appear in Philosophy and Foundations of Physics: Interviews.

The “No Miracles Argument” and the “Base Rate Fallacy" — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-01-30 17:00

Why the base rate fallacy does not unseat the no miracles argument. I don’t have time to polish this up for publication – to survey the literature – but otherwise this is pretty completely.

Unity and Disunity in Science — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-01-30 17:11

To appear in the new Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy

REPLACEMENT/ULTRA-WEAK SUPERVENIENCE AND THE FODOR-STICH MODAL FALLACY — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-01-30 17:13

In progress

ARE PROPERTIES SETS? — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-01-30 20:27

A citical examination of Lewis's suggestion that one can take properties to be sets of possibiliat. In progess.

The Background and Heritage of Positivism:An Introduction — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-01-30 20:30

This is an educational tool, introducing students to some of the basic ideas of positivism, as it came widely to be perceived, and difficulties with this approach to science. Does not assume any background. Unpublished

Provisional Knolwedge — by Paul Teller — last modified 2007-12-07 17:50

Final Draft

Fictions, fictionalization, and truth in science — by Paul Teller — last modified 2008-03-19 13:11

To appear in a volume on fictionalism in science edited by Mauricio Suarez

Unification and Mechanisms — by Paul Teller — last modified 2008-01-08 14:53

In progress (advanced state)

Learning to Live with Voluntarism — by Paul Teller — last modified 2008-03-19 13:17

 

Modeling and Philosophy — by Paul Teller — last modified 2008-03-19 13:19

This is a survey of my recent work on the implications of the modeling attitude towards broad issues in philosophy

Reduction, Emergence, and Truth — by Paul Teller — last modified 2008-05-31 09:32

Draft

Modeling the Conception of Truth — by Paul Teller — last modified 2009-03-07 14:00

Draft as of 2/7/09 of my most detailed work on truth