Gabriele Contessa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1052305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriele Contessa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriele |
| FAMILY NAME | Contessa |
| SIGNATURE | CONTESSA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3244-3522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Science Denial
Over the last couple of decades, there has been increasing concern about the alleged rise of various forms of science denial. But what exactly is science denial? Is it really on the rise? If so, what explains its rise? And what is so concerning about it? This Element argues that the notion of science denial is highly ambiguous and that, once we carefully distinguish among all the different phenomena that are often conflated under this label, it i…
It Takes a Village to Trust Science
A Minimalist Theory of Appropriation
The Deficit Myth
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Inductive risk in macroeconomics
This paper has two main goals. The first is to fill a gap in the literature on inductive risk by exploring the relevance of the notion of inductive risk to macroeconomics. The second is to draw some general lessons about inductive risk from the case discussed here. The most important of these lessons is that the notion of inductive risk is no less relevant to the relationship between the proximate and distal goals of policy than it is to the rela…
Only Powers Can Confer Dispositions
According to power theorists, properties are powers—i.e., they necessarily confer on their bearers certain dispositions. Although the power theory is increasingly gaining popularity, a vast majority of analytic metaphysicians still favour what I call ‘the nomic theory’—i.e., the view according to which what dispositions a property confers on its bearers is contingent on what the laws of nature happen to be. This paper argues that the nomic theory…
Do Extrinsic Dispositions Need Extrinsic Causal Bases
In this paper, I distinguish two often‐conflated theses—the thesis that all dispositions are intrinsic properties and the thesis that the causal bases of all dispositions are intrinsic properties—and argue that the falsity of the former does not entail the falsity of the latter. In particular, I argue that extrinsic dispositions are a counterexample to first thesis but not necessarily to the second thesis, because an extrinsic disposition does no…
Scientific models and fictional objects
Modal truthmakers and two varieties of actualism
Scientific Representation, Interpretation, and Surrogative Reasoning
In this paper, I develop Mauricio Suárez's distinction between denotation, epistemic representation, and faithful epistemic representation. I then outline an interpretational account of epistemic representation, according to which a vehicle represents a target for a certain user if and only if the user adopts an interpretation of the vehicle in terms of the target, which would allow them to perform valid (but not necessarily sound) surrogative in…
Scientific models, partial structures and the new received view of theories
Constructive empiricism, observability and three kinds of ontological commitment
Scientific Representation, Interpretation, and Surrogative Reasoning
In this paper, I develop Mauricio Suárez's distinction between denotation, epistemic representation, and faithful epistemic representation. I then outline an interpretational account of epistemic representation, according to which a vehicle represents a target for a certain user if and only if the user adopts an interpretation of the vehicle in terms of the target, which would allow them to perform valid (but not necessarily sound) surrogative in…
Scientific models and fictional objects
Modal truthmakers and two varieties of actualism
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Only Powers Can Confer Dispositions
According to power theorists, properties are powers—i.e., they necessarily confer on their bearers certain dispositions. Although the power theory is increasingly gaining popularity, a vast majority of analytic metaphysicians still favour what I call ‘the nomic theory’—i.e., the view according to which what dispositions a property confers on its bearers is contingent on what the laws of nature happen to be. This paper argues that the nomic theory…
Do Extrinsic Dispositions Need Extrinsic Causal Bases
In this paper, I distinguish two often‐conflated theses—the thesis that all dispositions are intrinsic properties and the thesis that the causal bases of all dispositions are intrinsic properties—and argue that the falsity of the former does not entail the falsity of the latter. In particular, I argue that extrinsic dispositions are a counterexample to first thesis but not necessarily to the second thesis, because an extrinsic disposition does no…
Scientific models, partial structures and the new received view of theories
Constructive empiricism, observability and three kinds of ontological commitment
Scientific models, partial structures and the new received view of theories
Constructive empiricism, observability and three kinds of ontological commitment
Scientific Representation, Interpretation, and Surrogative Reasoning
In this paper, I develop Mauricio Suárez's distinction between denotation, epistemic representation, and faithful epistemic representation. I then outline an interpretational account of epistemic representation, according to which a vehicle represents a target for a certain user if and only if the user adopts an interpretation of the vehicle in terms of the target, which would allow them to perform valid (but not necessarily sound) surrogative in…
Scientific models and fictional objects
Modal truthmakers and two varieties of actualism
Do Extrinsic Dispositions Need Extrinsic Causal Bases
In this paper, I distinguish two often‐conflated theses—the thesis that all dispositions are intrinsic properties and the thesis that the causal bases of all dispositions are intrinsic properties—and argue that the falsity of the former does not entail the falsity of the latter. In particular, I argue that extrinsic dispositions are a counterexample to first thesis but not necessarily to the second thesis, because an extrinsic disposition does no…
Only Powers Can Confer Dispositions
According to power theorists, properties are powers—i.e., they necessarily confer on their bearers certain dispositions. Although the power theory is increasingly gaining popularity, a vast majority of analytic metaphysicians still favour what I call ‘the nomic theory’—i.e., the view according to which what dispositions a property confers on its bearers is contingent on what the laws of nature happen to be. This paper argues that the nomic theory…
Inductive risk in macroeconomics
This paper has two main goals. The first is to fill a gap in the literature on inductive risk by exploring the relevance of the notion of inductive risk to macroeconomics. The second is to draw some general lessons about inductive risk from the case discussed here. The most important of these lessons is that the notion of inductive risk is no less relevant to the relationship between the proximate and distal goals of policy than it is to the rela…
A Minimalist Theory of Appropriation
The Deficit Myth
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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It Takes a Village to Trust Science
Science Denial
Over the last couple of decades, there has been increasing concern about the alleged rise of various forms of science denial. But what exactly is science denial? Is it really on the rise? If so, what explains its rise? And what is so concerning about it? This Element argues that the notion of science denial is highly ambiguous and that, once we carefully distinguish among all the different phenomena that are often conflated under this label, it i…
Epistemology (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Metaphysics (4 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Philosophy of language (4 works)