Peter Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Explanatory Understanding in the Metaphysics of Science
Inconsistent idealizations and inferentialism about scientific representation
Interventions and Counternomic Reasoning
Counternomics—counterfactuals whose antecedents run contrary to the laws of nature—are commonplace in science but have enjoyed relatively little philosophical attention. This article discusses a puzzle about our counternomic epistemology, focusing on cases in which experimental observations are used as evidence for counternomic claims. I show that these cases resist being characterized in familiar interventionist lines, and I suggest a characteri…
Malay loan words across different dialects of English
An explanation of how words from Malay are used in English and exhibited in various dictionaries, particularly with regard to Malaysia and Singapore
Inconsistent idealizations and inferentialism about scientific representation
Interventions and Counternomic Reasoning
Counternomics—counterfactuals whose antecedents run contrary to the laws of nature—are commonplace in science but have enjoyed relatively little philosophical attention. This article discusses a puzzle about our counternomic epistemology, focusing on cases in which experimental observations are used as evidence for counternomic claims. I show that these cases resist being characterized in familiar interventionist lines, and I suggest a characteri…
Malay loan words across different dialects of English
An explanation of how words from Malay are used in English and exhibited in various dictionaries, particularly with regard to Malaysia and Singapore
Interventions and Counternomic Reasoning
Counternomics—counterfactuals whose antecedents run contrary to the laws of nature—are commonplace in science but have enjoyed relatively little philosophical attention. This article discusses a puzzle about our counternomic epistemology, focusing on cases in which experimental observations are used as evidence for counternomic claims. I show that these cases resist being characterized in familiar interventionist lines, and I suggest a characteri…
Inconsistent idealizations and inferentialism about scientific representation
Explanatory Understanding in the Metaphysics of Science
Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Philosophy of science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Analogy (1 works) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Causation (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works)