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This volume collects previously unpublished contributions to the philosophy of science. What brings them together is a twofold goal: first and foremost, celebrating the name of Roberto Torretti, whose works in this and other areas have had – and continue to have – a significant impact on the international philosophy of science community; and second, the desire of advancing novel perspectives on various issues in the philosophy of science broadly construed. In what follows, I firstly offer a brief biographical note on Roberto Torretti; second, I suggest considering Torretti’s philosophical production as belonging to the tradition of natural philosophy; and third, I provide an outline of what is to come in the rest of the book.
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The books mentioned in the last three paragraphs represent only a sample of Torretti’s philosophical production. They provide, nevertheless, an informative impression of his intellectual interests. The reader can find a complete list of Torretti’s publications, including his 34 books and numerous articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and reviews, in Appendix 1 in this volume.
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I thank the authors of each chapter for providing these abstracts.
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Soto, C. (2023). Editor’s Introduction: Celebrating Roberto Torretti. In: Soto, C. (eds) Current Debates in Philosophy of Science. Synthese Library, vol 477. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32375-1_1
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