Philosophy of Science Todayoffers 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.
Introduction 1. The Logic of Success,Kevin T. Kelly 2. The Theory of Knowledge: Saving Epistemology from the Epistemologists,Adam Morton 3. The Scientific Realism Debate,Stathis Psillos 4. 'New Age' Philosophies of Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Postmodernism,Noretta Koertge 5. Causation,Ned Hall and L. A. Paul 6. Philosophy of Mind,John Campbell 7. Philosophy of Biology,Robert Brandon and Alex Rosenberg 8. Philosophy of Mathematics,Stewart Shapiro 9. Geometry and Motion,Gordon Belot 10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement: The Challenge of Quantum Mechanics,Jeffrey Bub 11. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory,Nick Huggett 12. Interpreting Theories: The Case of Statistical Mechanics,Lawrence Sklar Index