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The Philosophical Lexicon (updated)
https://dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads...n-2008.pdf
Actually the 2008 version, updated from 1987.
The Role of Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics (Recent substantive revision of SEP entry)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-decoherence/
INTRO: Interference phenomena are a well-known and crucial aspect of quantum mechanics, famously exemplified by the two-slit experiment. There are many situations, however, in which interference effects are artificially or spontaneously suppressed. The theory of decoherence is precisely the study of such situations. It is is relevant (or is claimed to be relevant) to a variety of questions ranging from the measurement problem to the arrow of time, and in particular to the question of whether and how the ‘classical world’ may emerge from quantum mechanics...
The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge (Recent substantive revision of SEP entry)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scien...ge-social/
INTRO: Study of the social dimensions of scientific knowledge encompasses the effects of scientific research on human life and social relations, the effects of social relations and values on scientific research, and the social aspects of inquiry itself. Several factors have combined to make these questions salient to contemporary philosophy of science. These factors include the emergence of social movements, like environmentalism and feminism, critical of mainstream science; concerns about the social effects of science-based technologies; epistemological questions made salient by big science; new trends in the history of science, especially the move away from internalist historiography; anti-normative approaches in the sociology of science; turns in philosophy to naturalism and pragmatism. This entry reviews the historical background to current research in this area, features of contemporary science that invite philosophical attention, and philosophical responses to those features....
https://dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads...n-2008.pdf
Actually the 2008 version, updated from 1987.
The Role of Decoherence in Quantum Mechanics (Recent substantive revision of SEP entry)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-decoherence/
INTRO: Interference phenomena are a well-known and crucial aspect of quantum mechanics, famously exemplified by the two-slit experiment. There are many situations, however, in which interference effects are artificially or spontaneously suppressed. The theory of decoherence is precisely the study of such situations. It is is relevant (or is claimed to be relevant) to a variety of questions ranging from the measurement problem to the arrow of time, and in particular to the question of whether and how the ‘classical world’ may emerge from quantum mechanics...
The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge (Recent substantive revision of SEP entry)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scien...ge-social/
INTRO: Study of the social dimensions of scientific knowledge encompasses the effects of scientific research on human life and social relations, the effects of social relations and values on scientific research, and the social aspects of inquiry itself. Several factors have combined to make these questions salient to contemporary philosophy of science. These factors include the emergence of social movements, like environmentalism and feminism, critical of mainstream science; concerns about the social effects of science-based technologies; epistemological questions made salient by big science; new trends in the history of science, especially the move away from internalist historiography; anti-normative approaches in the sociology of science; turns in philosophy to naturalism and pragmatism. This entry reviews the historical background to current research in this area, features of contemporary science that invite philosophical attention, and philosophical responses to those features....