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Philosophy and the Sciences After Kant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2009

Michela Massimi
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On 11th October 2007, at the first international conference on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (&HPS1) hosted by the Center for Philosophy of Science in Pittsburgh, Ernan McMullin (University of Notre Dame) portrayed a rather gloomy scenario concerning the current relationship between history and philosophy of science (HPS), on the one hand, and mainstream philosophy, on the other hand, as testified by a significant drop in the presence of HPS papers at various meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA).

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 65 , October 2009 , pp. 275 - 311
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