The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science
Edited by Stathis Psillos, Martin Curd
Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions
List Price: $160.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-35403-5
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 01/31/2008
- Pages: 656
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About the Book
This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science contains fifty-five specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts it covers:
- historical and philosophical context
- debates
- concepts
- the individual sciences.
The Companion covers everything students of philosophy of science need to know - from empiricism, explanation and experiment to causation, observation, prediction and more - and contains many helpful features including: a section on the individual sciences, including chapters on the philosophy of biology, chemistry, physics and psychology, further reading and cross-referencing at the end of each chapter.
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