Few can imagine a world without telephones or televisions; many depend on computers and the Internet as part of daily life. Without scientific theory, these dev

What is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical

Scientists use concepts and principles that are partly specific for their subject matter, but they also share part of them with colleagues working in different

How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and

This book is a balanced and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of science. It covers all the main topics in the area, as well as introducing the student