This collection of essays in honor of Prof. Stig Andur Pedersen's 60th Birthdayspans over a broad scope of topics, ranging from mathematical modelling overrealism in philosophy of science to an analysis of apology after medicalmistakes. The unusually broad range is a fair but still inadequate reflectionof the work of Stig Andur Pedersen, a philosopher and scientist whose range ofinterests, abilities and production is itself unusually broad.