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Volume 31 Number 2 Year 2016

10 articles in this issue 

Eleonora Orlando

This paper is focused on the abstractist theory of fiction, namely, the semantic theory according to which fictional names refer to abstract entities. Two semantic problems that arise in relation to that position are analysed: the first is the problem of ... see more

Pags. 143 - 158  

Rodolfo Emilio Fazio

En el trabajo evaluamos el impacto que la crítica de Leibniz a los números infinitos tiene en el desarrollo de su metafísica de los cuerpos. Luego de exponer el vínculo que el filósofo alemán traza entre el cuerpo, la extensión y las cantidades infinitas ... see more

Pags. 159 - 175  

Alexander Gebharter

Casini, Illari, Russo, and Williamson (2011) suggest to model mechanisms by means of recursive Bayesian networks (RBNs) and Clarke, Leuridan, and Williamson (2014) extend their modelling approach to mechanisms featuring causal feedback. One of the main se... see more

Pags. 177 - 188  

Billy Wheeler

It is often said that the best system account of laws (BSA) needs supplementing with a theory of perfectly natural properties. The ‘strength’ and ‘simplicity’ of a system is language-relative and without a fixed vocabulary it is impossible to compare riva... see more

Pags. 189 - 206  

Alfred I Tauber

Without disputing the richness of the original incarnation of the immune self – conceived in segregated terms and defended by immunity – this useful heuristic is undergoing transformation. A relational or dialectical orientation has supplemented this inca... see more

Pags. 207 - 224  

Hernán Lucas Accorinti,Juan Camilo Martínez

La concepción teórico dominante, supone una subordinación y dependencia de los modelos respecto de las teorías. Nos proponemos alterar la noción de independencia entre modelo y teoría que ha sido concebida como relativa e histórica para el caso de la supe... see more

Pags. 225 - 245  

Matias Kimi Slavov

Einstein acknowledged that his reading of Hume influenced the development of his special theory of relativity. In this article, I juxtapose Hume’s philosophy with Einstein’s philosophical analysis related to his special relativity. I argue that there are ... see more

Pags. 247 - 263