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Physics
refraction History of General Relativity and Gravitation My research interests in history of physics began with close scrutiny of Einstein's discovery of the general theory of relativity. Einstein's "Zurich notebook gives us extraordinary insight into Einstein's step by step reflections at a decisive moment in the discovery of the theory.
History of Special Relativity and Einstein's Work of 1905 On the centenary of Einstein's annus mirabilis of 1905, I revisited his discovery of the special theory of relativity in an attempt to understand the discovery better. I also looked at Einstein work in statistical physics of 1905 and the miraculous light quantum argument.
Philosophy of Relativity, Space and Time Einstein's work on general relativity raises numerous philosophical puzzles on the content and status of its foundational principles and the nature of space and time.
More Philosophy of Physics This work deals with supertasks, indeterminism, entropy and information in the context of Maxwell's demon; and more.

General Philosophy of Science
galaxy Thought Experiments I have defended a deflationary view of thought experiments as merely picturesque arguments without special epistemic powers.
Induction and Confirmation
material theory and later papers

older papers		 These are investigations into the nature of inductive inference, advocating the view that there is no one logic of induction. I am an optimist about the reach of induction and criticize sceptical theses, such the underdetermination thesis.
Causation The world is not fundamentally causal, I urge, in the sense that it fails to provide us with a principle of causality to which all sciences must conform.
More Philosophy of Science Includes an explanation of the tolerance of some scientific theories for logical inconsistency in terms of content driven strategies; and more.