Disputatio

Disputatio's latest special issue, Causality and Modelling in the Sciences, edited by María Jiménez-Buedo and Federica Russo, is freely available at
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VOLUME IX, NUMBER 47, DECEMBER 2017 :: CONTENTS

Causality and Modelling in the Sciences
Edited by María Jiménez-Buedo and Federica Russo

Causality and Modelling in the Sciences: Introduction
María Jiménez-Buedo and Federica Russo | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0013

Models in Systems Medicine
Jon Williamson | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0014

Are Model Organisms Theoretical Models?
Veli-Pekka Parkkinen | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0015

Causal Concepts Guiding Model Specification in Systems Biology
Dana Matthiessen | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0016

Turing Patterns and Biological Explanation
Maria Serban | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0017

Defining Metabolic Syndrome: Which Kind of Causality, if any, is Required?
Margherita Benzi | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0018

Toward a Causal Interpretation of the Common Factor Model
Riet Van Bork, Lisa D. Wijsen and Mijke Rhemtulla | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0019

What is the Problem with Model-based Explanation in Economics?
Caterina Marchionni | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0020

When are Purely Predictive Models Best?
Robert Northcott | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0021

Causality and the Modeling of the Measurement Process in Quantum Theory
Christian de Ronde | DOI: 10.1515/disp-2017-0022

Volume 9: Issue 47 (Dec 2017) : Disputatio

David Chalmers' Petrus Hispanus letures are now published online. Article free to download open access here:

The Virtual and the Real : Disputatio I argue that virtual reality is a sort of genuine reality. In particular, I argue for virtual digitalism, on which virtual objects are real digital objects, and against virtual fictionalism, on which virtual objects are fictional objects. I also argue that perception in virtual reality need not be i...