Selected Publications
Reforming Philosophy: A Victorian Debate on Science and Society
(University of Chicago Press, 2006)
“Freedom from Necessity: “The Influence of J.S. Mill’s
Politics on his Concept of Causation,” forthcoming in P. Machamer
and G. Wolters (eds.), Thinking About Causes: Past and Present
(Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press) [in press].
“’The Whole Box of Tools’: William Whewell and the Logic of
Induction,” John Woods and Dov Gabbay (eds.), The Handbook of the
History of Logic, vol. VIII, pp. 165-230 (Dordrecht: Kluwer Press)
[in press].
“‘Lord only of the Ruffians and Fiends’? William Whewell and the
Plurality of Worlds Debate,” Studies in History and Philosophy of
Science [in press].
“Reforming Philosophy: che chosa la Filosofia della scienza puo’
apprendere dalla sua storia[What Philosophy of Science Learns from
its History],” forthcoming in Bollettino della Societa’ Filosofica
Italiana.
“Confirmation for a Modest Realism,” Philosophy of Science 72
(December 2005): 839-49.
“Consilience, Confirmation, and Realism,” in P. Achinstein (ed.)
Scientific Evidence: Philosophical Theories and Applications
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), pp. 129-48.
“Sherlock Holmes, Scientific Detective,” Endeavour 28 (September
2004): 104-107.
Recent Conference Papers
“Creationism in the Classroom: A Brief History,” Session on
Science and Religion at Bos’Art: International Festival of
Philosophy, Literature, Art and Film, Bosa, Sardinia, August
2007.
“Connexion and Unity in William Whewell’s Science of
Architecture,” History of Science Society, Vancouver, November
2006
“Hypotheses Fingo? Herschel and the Myth of Hypothetical Science in
19th Century Britain,” Philosophy of Science Association,
Vancouver, November 2006
“Freedom from Necessity: The Influence of J.S. Mill’s
Politics on his Notion of Causation,” International Society for the
History of Philosophy of Science conference, Paris, June
2006.
“Freedom from Necessity: The Influence of J.S. Mill’s Politics on
his Notion of Causation,” Mill Bicentennial Conference, University
College, London, April 2006.
“Does History Matter?” German-American Frontiers of Humanities,
Hamburg, Germany, October 2005
“Freedom from Necessity: The Influence of J.S. Mill’s
Politics on his Notion of Causation,” Pittsburgh-Konstanz
Colloquium on the Philosophy of Science, Konstanz, Germany, May
2005
“The Plurality of Worlds Debate in 19th century Britain,”
Sabbatical Fellows Conference, American Philosophical Society,
Philadelphia, May 2005
“The Role of Hypotheses in 19th Century British Philosophy of
Science,” conference on “The Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences,”
Tuebingen, Germany, February 2005