Finnur Dellsén

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  • Dellsén, Finnur; Firing, Tina; Lawler, Insa & Norton, James (2024). What Is Philosophical Progress? Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. ISSN 0031-8205. doi: 10.1111/phpr.13067. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur (2024). Probabilifying reflective equilibrium. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857. 203(2). doi: 10.1007/s11229-023-04466-y.
  • Dellsén, Finnur (2023). Skautun, skynsemi og samfélag. Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki. ISSN 1021-7215. 30(1), p. 49–53.
  • Dellsén, Finnur (2023). Fyrir hverja eru fræðin? Ritið. ISSN 1670-0139. 23(1), p. 187–204. doi: 10.33112/ritid.23.1.10.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2023). Interthematic Polarization. American Philosophical Quarterly. ISSN 0003-0481. 61(1), p. 45–58. doi: 10.5406/21521123.61.1.04.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf; Lawler, Insa & Norton, James (2023). Would Disagreement Undermine Progress? Journal of Philosophy. ISSN 0022-362X. 120(3). Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2022). Scientific Progress without Justification. In Lawler, Insa; Khalifa, Kareem & Shech, Elay (Ed.), Scientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical Sciences. Routledge. ISSN 9781032054957.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2022). The Noetic Approach: Scientific Progress as Enabling Understanding. In Shan, Yafeng (Eds.), New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress. Routledge. ISSN 9780367760557. p. 62–81.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2022). Scientific Progress Without Problems: A Reply to McCoy. In Lawler, Insa; Khalifa, Kareem & Shech, Elay (Ed.), Scientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical Sciences. Routledge. ISSN 9781032054957. p. 392–398. doi: 10.4324/9781003202905-35.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2022). Scientific progress: By-whom or for-whom? Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0039-3681. 97, p. 20–28. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.11.006. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2022). Excessive Testimony: When Less Is More. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. ISSN 0031-8205. doi: 10.1111/phpr.12928. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2022). An Epistemic Advantage of Accommodation over Prediction. Philosophers' Imprint. ISSN 1533-628X.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf & Baghramian, Maria (2021). Disagreement in Science. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857. 198, p. 6011–6021. doi: 10.1007/s11229-020-02767-0.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2021). We Owe It to Others to Think for Ourselves. In Matheson, Jonathan & Lougheed, Kirk (Ed.), Epistemic Autonomy. Routledge. ISSN 9780367433345.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2021). Consensus versus Unanimity: Which Carries More Weight? British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0007-0882. doi: 10.1086/718273.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf; Lawler, Insa & Norton, James (2021). Thinking about Progress: From Science to Philosophy. Noûs. ISSN 0029-4624. 56(4), p. 814–840. doi: 10.1111/nous.12383. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2021). Understanding scientific progress: the noetic account. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857. doi: 10.1007/s11229-021-03289-z. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2020). Að treysta sérfræðingum: Hvað, hvenær og hvers vegna? Ritið. ISSN 1670-0139. 20(3), p. 235–258.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2020). Gildi vísinda og gildin í vísindum – á tímum heimsfaraldurs. Skírnir. ISSN 0256-8446. 194, p. 251–274.
  • Beebe, James & Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2020). Scientific realism in the wild: An empirical study of seven sciences and history and philosophy of science. Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0031-8248. 87(2), p. 336–364. doi: 10.1086/707552.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2020). Explanatory Consolidation: From ‘Best’ to ‘Good Enough’. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. ISSN 0031-8205. doi: 10.1111/phpr.12706.
  • Beebe, James & Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2020). Scientific Realism in the Wild: An Empirical Study of Seven Sciences and HPS. Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0031-8248. doi: 10.1086/707552. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). The Epistemic Impact of Theorizing: Generation Bias Implies Evaluation Bias. Philosophical Studies. ISSN 0031-8116. p. 1–18. doi: 10.1007/s11098-019-01387-w.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). Rational Understanding: Toward a Probabilistic Epistemology of Acceptability. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857. p. 1–20. doi: 10.1007/s11229-019-02224-7.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). Should Scientific Realists Embrace Theoretical Conservatism? Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0039-3681. 76, p. 30–38. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.09.005.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). Beyond Explanation: Understanding as Dependency Modeling. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0007-0882. doi: 10.1093/bjps/axy058.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). The Epistemic Value of Expert Autonomy. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. ISSN 0031-8205. p. 1–18. doi: 10.1111/phpr.12550.
  • Beebe, James; Baghramian, Maria; Drury, Luke & Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Divergent Perspectives on Expert Disagreement: Preliminary Evidence from Climate Science, Climate Policy, Astrophysics, and Public Opinion. Environmental Communication. ISSN 1752-4032. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1504099.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Scientific Progress: Four Accounts. Philosophy Compass. ISSN 1747-9991. 13(11). doi: 10.1111/phc3.12525.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Scientific Progress, Understanding, and Knowledge: Reply to Park. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS). ISSN 0925-4560. p. 1–9. doi: 10.1007/s10838-018-9419-y.
  • Sharadin, Nathaniel & Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Promotion as Contrastive Increase in Expected Fit. Philosophical Studies. ISSN 0031-8116. p. 1–28. doi: 10.1007/s11098-018-1062-2.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Frá skoðunum til trúnaðar og aftur til baka: Yfirlit um bayesíska þekkingarfræði. Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki. ISSN 1021-7215. 28, p. 146–162.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf & Sharadin, Nathaniel (2017). The Beliefs and Intentions of Buridan's Ass. Journal of the American Philosophical Association. ISSN 2053-4477. doi: 10.1017/apa.2017.22.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Certainty and Explanation in Descartes's Philosophy of Science. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. ISSN 2152-5188. doi: 10.1086/692013.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Reconstructed Empiricism. Acta Analytica. ISSN 0353-5150. 32, p. 95–113. doi: 10.1007/s12136-016-0289-9.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Understanding without Justification or Belief. Ratio. ISSN 0034-0006. 30(3), p. 239–254. doi: 10.1111/rati.12134.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Realism and the Absence of Rivals. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857. 194(7), p. 2427–2446. doi: 10.1007/s11229-016-1059-3.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Reactionary Responses to the Bad Lot Objection. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0039-3681. 61, p. 32–40. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.01.005.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Deductive Cogency, Understanding, and Acceptance. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857. doi: 10.1007/s11229-017-1365-4.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). When Expert Disagreement Supports the Consensus. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. ISSN 0004-8402. doi: 10.1080/00048402.2017.1298636.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). The Heuristic Conception of Inference to the Best Explanation. Philosophical Studies. ISSN 0031-8116. doi: 10.1007/s11098-017-0933-2.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2017). Abductively Robust Inference. Analysis. ISSN 0003-2638. 77(1), p. 20–29. doi: 10.1093/analys/anx049.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2016). Gagnrýnin og vísindaleg hugsun. Skírnir. ISSN 0256-8446. 190, p. 321–343.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2016). Hlutdrægni í vísindum: Vanákvörðun, tilleiðsluáhætta og tilurð kenninga. Ritið. ISSN 1670-0139. 16, p. 9–28.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2016). Explanatory Rivals and the Ultimate Argument. Theoria. ISSN 0040-5825. 82, p. 217–237. doi: 10.1111/theo.12084.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2016). There May Yet Be Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events). Journal for General Philosophy of Science (JGPS). ISSN 0925-4560. 47, p. 377–384. doi: 10.1007/s10838-016-9333-0.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2016). Scientific Progress: Knowledge versus Understanding. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. ISSN 0039-3681. 56, p. 72–83. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2016.01.003.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2015). Tvö viðhorf til vísindalegrar þekkingar – eða eitt? Ritið. ISSN 1670-0139. 15, p. 135–155.

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  • Hjortland, Ole Thomassen; Sundfør Sivertsen, Sveinung & Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2021). Nils Klim-samtalen 2019: Intervju med Finnur Dellsén, vinner av Nils Klim-prisen 2019. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1943.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2021). Are there really no such things as theories? Metascience. ISSN 0815-0796. 30, p. 17–21. doi: 10.1007/s11016-021-00613-8.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). Inngangur ritstjóra. Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki. ISSN 1021-7215.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). Why Trust a Scientist?
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). A Surprising Epistemic Advantage of Accommodation over Prediction.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2019). A Surprising Epistemic Advantage of Accommodation over Prediction.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Best Explanations: Essays on Inference to the Best Explanation. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Expanding the Empirical: Constructive Empiricism and Augmented Observation.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Inngangur ritstjóra. Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki. ISSN 1021-7215.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Afstæðishyggja, ágreiningur og amerísk heimspeki: Viðtal við Mariu Baghramian. Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki. ISSN 1021-7215.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Understanding in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: A Complicated Relationship. Metascience. ISSN 0815-0796.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Generation-Bias Implies Evaluation-Bias.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Generation-Bias Implies Evaluation-Bias.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Generation-Bias Implies Evaluation-Bias.
  • Dellsén, Finnur Ulf (2018). Rational Understanding.

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