Philosophy of Science Today

by Peter Clark, Katherine Hawley

Overview

Philosophy of Science Today offers a state-of-the-art guide to this fast-developing area. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology, epistemology, and the philosophical foundations of physics, biology, and psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199250547
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/12/2003
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

University of St Andrews

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Logic of Success, Kevin T. Kelly2. The Theory of Knowledge: Saving Epistemology from the Epistemologists, Adam Morton3. The Scientific Realism Debate, Stathis Psillos4. 'New Age' Philosophies of Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Postmodernism, Noretta Koertge5. Causation, Ned Hall and L. A. Paul6. Philosophy of Mind, John Campbell7. Philosophy of Biology, Robert Brandon and Alex Rosenberg8. Philosophy of Mathematics, Stewart Shapiro9. Geometry and Motion, Gordon Belot10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement: The Challenge of Quantum Mechanics, Jeffrey Bub11. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, Nick Huggett12. Interpreting Theories: The Case of Statistical Mechanics, Lawrence SklarIndex