The Routledge companion to philosophy of science/
edited by Stathis Psillos and Martin Curd.
- London: Routledge, 2008.
- 619 p. ill. 23 cm.
pt. I Historical and philosophical context -- The epistemology of science after Quine / Paul A. Roth -- The history of philosophy and the philosophy of science / Joanne Waugh and Roger Ariew -- Metaphysics / Stephen Mumford -- Philosophy of language / Rod Bertolet -- The role of logic in philosophy of science / Diderik Batens -- Critical rationalism / Gurol Irzik -- The historical turn in the philosophy of science/ Alexander Bird -- Logical empiricism / Thomas Uebel -- Pragmatism and science / Robert Almeder.
pt. II Debates -- Bayesianism / Colin Howson -- Confirmation / Alan Hajek and James M. Joyce -- Empiricism / Elliott Sober -- Essentialism and natural kinds / Brian Ellis -- Ethics of science / David B. Resnik -- Experiment / Theodore Arabatzis -- Explanation / James Woodward -- The feminist approach to the philosophy of science / Cassandra L. Pinnick -- Inference to the best explanation / Peter Lipton -- Laws of nature / Marc Lange -- Naturalism / Ronald N. Giere -- Realism/anti-realism / Michael Devitt -- Relativism about science / Maria Bahgramian -- Scientific method / Howard Sankey -- Social studies of science / Robert Nola -- The structure of theories / Steven French -- Theory-change in science / John Worrall -- Underdetermination / Igor Douven -- Values in science / Gerald Doppelt.
pt. III Concepts -- Causation / Christopher Hitchcock -- Determinism / Barry Loewer -- Evidence / Peter Achinstein -- Function / D.M. Walsh -- Idealization / James Ladyman -- Measurement / Hasok Chang and Nancy Cartwright -- Mechanisms / Stuart Glennan -- Models Demetris Portides -- Observation / Andre Kukla -- Prediction / Malcolm Forster -- Probability / Maria Carla Galavotti -- Reduction / Sahotra Sarkar -- Representation in science / Paul Teller -- Scientific discovery / Thomas Nickles -- Space and time / Oliver Pooley -- Symmetry / Margaret Morrison -- Truthlikeness / Graham Oddie -- Unification / Todd Jones.
pt. IV Individual sciences -- The virtues of a good theory / Ernan McMullin -- Biology / Alexander Rosenberg -- Cheminstry / Robin Findlay Hendry -- Cognitive science / Paul Thagard -- Economics / Uskali Maki -- Mathematics / Peter Clark -- Physics / Simon Saunders -- Psychology / Richard Samuels -- Social sciences / Harold Kincaid.