This volume contains a selection of the symposia papers presented at the eighteenth biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 7–9, 2002.
Selecting papers for presentation and publication is a difficult task when so many high quality papers are submitted for consideration. The bulk of the work involved in this process was done by the able members of the PSA 2002 Program Committee:
Robert Batterman, The Ohio State University
Harvey R. Brown, Oxford University
Craig Callendar, University of California, San Diego
Malcolm Forster, University of Wisconsin
Helen Longino, University of Minnesota
Mohan Matthen, University of British Columbia
Alexander Rosenberg, Duke University.
Sincere thanks to the committee members for their conscientious service to the Association.
John Earman, John Norton, and Elliott Sober provided invaluable advice to the Program Chair. George Gale and Jay Malone provided guidance and assistance in the staging of the meeting. David M. Miller, University of Pittsburgh, was the heart of the technical operation. Noretta Koertge and Anne Mylott at Philosophy of Science provided editorial guidance for this volume, which Anne Mylott and Kevin Grau copyedited.
I wish to thank the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, the University Library, and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh for their financial and technical support.
Sandra D. Mitchell
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
Program Chair PSA 2002
PSA 2002 Volume Editor
