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Finnur Ulf Dellsén - Professor

Finnur Ulf Dellsén

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School of Humanities

Finnur Ulf Dellsén

Professor

Professor of philosophy

Location
Gimli / G-310
Phone
5254391 8667247
Email
fud [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology
Website
http://www.finnurdellsen.com/

ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4989-4204
Research portal – Finnur Ulf Dellsén
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023

Published works

2023

Scientific progress: By-whom or for-whom?Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Would Disagreement Undermine Progress?The Journal of Philosophy

2022

The Noetic Approach: Scientific Progress as Enabling UnderstandingNew Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress
Thinking about Progress: From Science to PhilosophyNoûs
Scientific Progress without Justification Scientific Understanding and Representation
Excessive Testimony: When Less Is MorePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research
Scientific Progress without ProblemsScientific Understanding and Representation

2021

Disagreement in science: introduction to the special issueSynthese
Rational understanding: toward a probabilistic epistemology of acceptabilitySynthese
We Owe It to Others to Think for OurselvesEpistemic Autonomy
Understanding scientific progress: the noetic accountSynthese
Consensus versus Unanimity: Which Carries More Weight?The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Explanatory Consolidation: From ‘Best’ to ‘Good Enough’Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Are there really no such things as theories?Metascience

2020

Að treysta sérfræðingum. Hvar, hvenær og hvers vegna?Ritið
Gildi vísinda og gildin í vísindum — á tímum heimsfaraldursSkírnir
The epistemic impact of theorizing: generation bias implies evaluation biasPhilosophical Studies

2019

Should scientific realists embrace theoretical conservatism?Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Scientiﬁc Realism in the Wild: An Empirical Study of Seven Sciences and HPSPhilosophy of Science
Divergent Perspectives on Expert Disagreement: Preliminary Evidence from Climate Science, Climate Policy, Astrophysics, and Public OpinionEnvironmental Communication

2018

Scientific progress: Four accountsPhilosophy Compass
The epistemic value of expert autonomyPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research
Beyond Explanation: Understanding as Dependency ModellingThe British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Understanding in epistemology and philosophy of science: a complicated relationshipMetascience
Best Explanations: New Essays on Inference to the Best ExplanationNotre Dame Philosophical Review
Scientific Progress, Understanding, and Knowledge: Reply to ParkJournal for General Philosophy of Science
Promotion as contrastive increase in expected fitPhilosophical Studies
Deductive Cogency, understanding, and acceptanceSynthese
The heuristic conception of inference to the best explanationPhilosophical Studies

2017

Certainty and Explanation in Descartes's Philosophy of ScienceHOPOS: Journal of the International Society for History and Philosophy of Science
The Beliefs and Intentions of Buridan's AssJournal of the American Philosophical Association
Frá skoðunum til trúnaðar og aftur til bakaHugur
Ted Poston, Reason and Explanation: A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 208 pp., €88.39 (Hardback), ISBN 9781137012258.Dialectica
A classic of Bayesian confirmation theoryMetascience
When Expert Disagreement Supports the ConsensusAustralasian Journal of Philosophy
Reactionary Responses to the Bad Lot ObjectionStudies in History and Philosophy of Science
Abductively Robust InferenceAnalysis

2016

Scientific progress: Knowledge versus understandingStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
Hlutdrægni í vísindumRitið
Reconstructed EmpiricismActa Anal
Realism and the absence of rivalsSynthese
The Epistemic Significance of DisagreementThe Philosophical Quarterly
Understanding without Justification or BeliefRatio
Gagnrýnin og vísindaleg hugsunSkírnir
There May Yet be Non-causal Explanations (of Particular Events)Journal for General Philosophy of Science

2015

Tvö viðhorf til vísindalegrar þekkingar -- eða eitt?Ritið -- tímarit Hugvísindastofnunar
Explanatory Rivals and the Ultimate ArgumentTheoria

Keywords for Specialisation:

Philosophy of Science

Ethics of Science

20th Century Analytic Philosophy