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Dr Nick Tosh B.A.,M.SCI,M.Phil.,Ph.D.

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Title Lecturer Below The Bar
Address Philosophy, Room 111
Block T
Distillery Road
Nui Galway
Telephone: Ext. 5929
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@hsot.kcin

 

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Peer Reviewed Journals

Tosh, N. J. (2002) 'Possession, exorcism and psychoanalysis'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 33C :583-596. [Details]
Tosh, N. J. (2003) 'Anachronism and retrospective explanation: In defence of a present-centred history of science'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 34A :647-659. [Details]
Tosh, N. J. (2006) 'Science, truth and history, Part I: Historiography, relativism and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 37A :675-701. [Details]
Tosh, N. J. (2007) 'Science, truth and history, Part II: Metaphysical bolt-holes for the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge?'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 38A :185-209. [Details]
Tosh, N. J. (2008) 'Relativism about reasons'. Philosophia, 36 :465-482. [Details]
       

Book Review

Tosh, N (2009) Historical Judgement: The Limits of Historiographical Choice. Book Review [Details]
Tosh, N (2009) Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
Tosh, N (2010) The Challenge of Relativism: Its Nature and Limits. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
Tosh, N. (2011) S. Fuller, Science. British Journal for the History of Science. Book Review [Details]
 

Conference Paper

Tosh, N. (2010) Science as bootstrapped calibration. Conference in honour of Prof. Nicholas Jardine, Cambridge University. June 2010. Conference Paper [Details]
Tosh, N. (2010) The Halting Problem and arithmetic undecidability. Departmental seminar, Mathematics, NUI Galway. April 2010. Conference Paper [Details]
       

Invited papers

Tosh, N. (2004) Historiography and the philosophy of science: How not to oppose naïve realism. . Departmental seminar, HPS. Cambridge University: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2005) Social norms, scientific truth and the history of science. . Departmental seminar, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Exeter University: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2006) Bernard Williams and vindicatory history. . Philosophy Workshop, HPS. Cambridge: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2007) Meaning scepticism and the sociology of knowledge: A case for amicable divorce. . Workshop in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, HPS. Cambridge: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2007) Relativism, meaning finitism and the history of science: What Wittgenstein doesn't teach us. . Workshop in the Philosophy of History, School of Politics, International Affairs and Philosophy. Queen's University, Belfast: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2007) Origins of religious disbelief: Polytheism, monotheism and the habit of disagreement.. Lectures on everything'. Symondsbury, Dorset: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2008) Interpretationism in the swamp. . Philosophy Workshop, HPS. Cambridge: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2008) Explaining temporal asymmetry. . University College Dublin: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2009) Unchallengeable orthodoxies in science. . Arizona State University: Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2009) Swamps and oracles: A reappraisal of Davidson's thought experiment. . Departmental seminar, Department of Philosophy. Invited papers [Details]
Tosh, N. (2010) Objective chance and possible worlds. . Departmental seminar, History and Philosophy of Science. Leeds University: Invited papers [Details]
   

Other Item

Tosh, N. J. (2006) Diabolic possession. Encyclopedia of Disability, Sage Publications. Albrecht, G: Other Item [Details]
 

Reviews

Tosh, N. J. (2010) J. Gorman, Historical Judgement: The Limits of Historiographical choice. Isis. Reviews [Details]
Tosh, N. J. R. Proctor and L. Schiebinger (eds.), Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance. British Journal for the History of Science. Reviews [Details]
Tosh, N. J. P. Phillips, The Challenge of Relativism. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. Reviews [Details]
         

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