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Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2002-09-01 to present | Research Professor (Filosofia, UB)
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Carl Hoefer

Education and qualifications (1)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

1986-09-01 to 1991-01-31 | Ph.D. (Philosophy)
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Carl Hoefer

Funding (3)

Evidence & Philosophy

2023-01 to 2026-12 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER: CEX2021-001169-M
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Carl Hoefer

Revaluando la Objetividad Científica

2021-09 to 2024-08 | Grant
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PID2020-115114GB-I00

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Carl Hoefer

Models and knowledge in climate science: philosophical, historical and scientific perspectives

2014-04-01 to 2015-03-31 | Grant
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
GRANT_NUMBER: 137683
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Carl Hoefer via DimensionsWizard

Works (24)

Rethinking the Intellectual Genesis of Landauer’s Principle

2025 | Book chapter
Contributors: Javier Anta; Carl Hoefer
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Measures of effectiveness in medical research: Reporting both absolute and relative measures

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Carl Hoefer; Alexander Krauss
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Realism, reference & perspective

European Journal for Philosophy of Science
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Carl Hoefer; Genoveva Martí
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The philosopher’s paradox: How to make a coherent decision in the Newcomb Problem

THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
2019-12-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Carl Hoefer; Christopher Viger; Daniel Viger
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Water has a microstructural essence after all

European Journal for Philosophy of Science
2019-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Carl Hoefer; Genoveva Martí
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Introduction: space–time and the wave function

Synthese
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84949090261

Contributors: Solé, A.; Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

The best humean system for statistical mechanics

Erkenntnis
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84964194843

Contributors: Frigg, R.; Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Mach's principle as action-at-a-distance in GR: The causality question

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84911997965

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Calibration: Being in tune with frequencies

Dialectica
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84867182870

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

European Journal for Philosophy of Science: Editorial

European Journal for Philosophy of Science
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79954591100

Contributors: Dorato, M.; Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Physics and the Humean approach to Probability

Probabilities in Physics
2011 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-84921807816

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Time and Chance Propensities

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time
2011 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-84924250564

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Causation in Spacetime Theories

The Oxford Handbook of Causation
2010 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84924047527

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

For fundamentalism

Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
2008 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84887276490

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Introducing Nancy Cartwright's philosophy of science

Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
2008 | Book
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2-s2.0-84909250760

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Nancy Cartwright's philosophy of science

Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
2008 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84908983337

Contributors: Hartmann, S.; Hoefer, C.; Bovens, L.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Probability in GRW theory

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34249985310

Contributors: Frigg, R.; Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

The third way on objective probability: A sceptic's guide to objective chance

Mind
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-63849269766

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

For Fundamentalism

Philosophy of Science
2003 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-1842853845

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy conservation in GTR

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034196347

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Kant's hands and Earman's pions: Chirality arguments for substantival space

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-40549142525

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Absolute versus Relational Spacetime: For Better or Worse, the Debate Goes On

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0039319630

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

On Lewis's objective chance: "humean supervenience debugged"

Mind
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-3843076121

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Einstein's struggle for a Machian gravitation theory

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
1994 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-38149147146

Contributors: Hoefer, C.
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Carl Hoefer via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (18 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Erkenntnis. (1)
Review activity for European journal for philosophy of science. (10)
Review activity for Humanities & social sciences communications. (1)
Review activity for Journal for general philosophy of science. (2)
Review activity for Synthese. (4)