Philosophy of astrophysics : stars, simulations, and the struggle to determine what is out there / Nora Mills Boyd, Siska De Baerdemaeker, Kevin Heng, Vera Matarese, editors.
Mills Boyd, Nora, editor.; De Baerdemaeker, Siska, editor.; Heng, Kevin, editor.; Matarese, Vera, editor.
2023
QB461 .P45 2023
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Title
Philosophy of astrophysics : stars, simulations, and the struggle to determine what is out there / Nora Mills Boyd, Siska De Baerdemaeker, Kevin Heng, Vera Matarese, editors.
ISBN
9783031266188 electronic book
3031266188 electronic book
9783031266171
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26618-8
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-26618-8 doi
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QB461 .P45 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.01
Summary
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 state of play with novel, significant contributions. It therefore provides an ideal source for understanding the current debates in philosophy of astrophysics, and it offers new ideas for future cutting-edge research. The selection of essays offered in this book addresses methodological and metaphysical questions that target a wide range of topics, including dark matter, black holes, astrophysical observations and modelling. The book serves as the first standard resource in philosophy of astrophysics for all scholars who work in the field and want to expand or deepen their knowledge, but it also provides an accessible guide for all those philosophers and scientists who are interested in getting a first, basic understanding of the main issues in philosophy of astrophysics.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 24, 2023).
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Mills Boyd, Nora, editor.
De Baerdemaeker, Siska, editor.
Heng, Kevin, editor.
Matarese, Vera, editor.
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Synthese library ; v. 472. 2542-8292
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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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