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A/PROF HOWARD SANKEY



Contact Details

Organization: Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Sankey/
Work: 8344-6558
Fax: 8344-4280
Room: 1.18
Level: 01
Building: Old Quadrangle Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science: theory-choice, realism, rationality, relativism, incommensurability. Australia
Scientific realism and anti-realism; rationality and relativism; theory change and choice; conceptual change; incommensurability. Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
New Zealand The University of Auckland Research
Bulgaria St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia Research
Germany University of Hanover - Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science Research
France University of Nancy II Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Otago 31-Dec-1980
Postgraduate Diploma in Philosophy University of Otago 31-Dec-1981
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1989

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Societe de Philosophie des Sciences Member 01-Jun-2006 30-May-2007
Member Australasian Association of Philosophy Member 01-Jan-1993 01-Jan-2007
Member Philosophy of Science Association Member 01-Jan-1996 01-Jan-2007
Associate American Philosophical Association International Associate 01-Jan-1987 01-Jul-2007
Member British Society for the Philosophy of Science Member 01-Jan-1996 01-Jan-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • A Curious Disagreement: Response to Hoyningen-Huene and Oberheim
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 210-212
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  • Review of Stathis Psillos, Philosophy of Science A-Z
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Philosophy of Science: official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association
    Volume: 76
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 115-117
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  • Scientific realism and the semantic incommensurability thesis
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 196-202
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities?


    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science
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    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)

Book Chapters

  • 'Some Reflections on Experimental Incommensurability'
    Year: 2008
    Book: Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • Scientific Method
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Scientific Realism and the Inevitability of Science
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 259-264
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Theories of Scientific Method: An Introduction
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Acumen Publishing
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Journal Articles

  • Review:  Sherrilyn Roush, Tracking Truth: Knowledge, Evidence, And Science
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Review of Metaphysics
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 158-9
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Why is it rational to believe scientific theories are true?
    Year: 2006
    Book: Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • A less than direct connection indeed: reply to Jakowljewitsch
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Divinatio
    Volume: 24
    Issue: autumn-winter
    Page numbers: 157-168
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Major Reference Works

  • The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1:Incommensurability
    Year: 2006
    Reference Work Title: The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1
    Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon(New York)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Comment on Holm Tetens, 'Scientific Objectivity with a Human Face'
    Year: 2004
    Book: Knowledge and the World: Challenges Beyond the Science Wars
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Scientific Realism: An Elaboration and a Defence
    Year: 2004
    Book: Knowledge and the World: Challenges Beyond the Science Wars
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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Journal Articles

  • Note of John Dupre Humans and Other Animals
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australasian Journal of Philosophy
    Volume: 82
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 367-8
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  • Qu'est-ce que le realisme scientifique?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Reseaux
    Volume: 94-95-96
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 69-82
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  • Realism Without Limits
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Divinatio
    Volume: 20
    Issue: Autum - Winter
    Page numbers: 1-22
    Publisher: Maison des Science de l'Homme et de la Societe(Sofia)
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  • Scientific Realism and the God's Eye Point of View
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Epistemologia
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 311-326
    Publisher: Tilgher-Genova(Genova)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Nickles, Thomas (ed), Thomas Kuhn.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
    Volume: 03
    Issue: 07
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: University of Notre Dame(Notre Dame)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Realism, method, and truth
    Year: 2002
    Book: The problem of realism
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • 'The structure of scientific revolutions' by Thomas S. Kuhn
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 821-824
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Review: Thomas S. Kuhn
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 137-142
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • Thomas Kuhn (Alexander Bird)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Philosophical Quarterly
    Volume: 52
    Issue: 209
    Page numbers: 654-657
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Incommensurability and Related Matters
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction
    Year: 2001
    Book: Incommensurability and related matters
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • Scientific realism: an elaboration and a defence
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Theoria
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 35-54
    Publisher: Berghahn Books(Pietermaritzburg)
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