Dr. Paul Dicken

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsTheoretical Philosophy
KeywordsInstrumentalism, Logical Positivism, Scientific Theories, Philosophy of Science

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
InstitutionUniversity of Cambridge
InstituteChurchill College

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. Hannes LeitgebLehrstuhl für Logik und Sprachphilosophie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Paul Dicken: Instrumentalism of Scientific Theories and Constructive Empiricism. In: B. Kaldis, Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Sage Publishing, 2013.
2013Paul Dicken: Normativity, the Base-Rate Fallacy, and Some Problems for Retail Realism. In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 2013, 563-570
2013Paul Dicken: Tolerance and Voluntarism. In: Philosophical Papers, 2013, 25-48
2012Paul Dicken: Constructive Empiricism. In: D. Pritchard, Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford University Press, 2012.
2011Paul Dicken: On Some Limitations of Humean Disagreement: Religious Testimony and Contrary Religions. In: Sophia, 2011, 345-355
2010Paul Dicken: Constructive Empiricism: Epistemology and the Philosophy of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010