The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science. It contains sixty-two 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 Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science addresses all of the essential topics that 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 chapters on individual sciences (such as biology, chemistry, physics and psychology), further reading and cross-referencing at the end of each chapter.
Expanded and revised throughout, this second edition includes new chapters on Conventionalism, Social Epistemology, Computer Simulation, Thought Experiments, Pseudoscience, Species and Taxonomy, and Cosmology.
Introduction Martin Curd and Stathis Psillos Part 1: Historical and
Philosophical Context
1. Conventionalism Robert DiSalle
2. The Epistemology
of Science after Quine Paul A. Roth
3. The History of Philosophy and
Philosophy of Science Joanne Waugh and Roger Ariew
4. Metaphysics Stephen
Mumford
5. Philosophy of Language Rod Bertolet
6. The Role of Logic in
Philosophy of Science Diderik Batens
7. Critical Rationalism Gürol Irzik
8.
The Historical Turn in the Philosophy of Science Alexander Bird
9. Logical
Empiricism Thomas Uebel
10. Pragmatism and Science Robert Almeder
11. Social
Epistemology K. Brad Wray Part 2: Debates
12. Bayesianism Colin Howson
13.
Computer Simulation Wendy S. Parker
14. Confirmation Alan Hájek and James M.
Joyce
15. Empiricism Elliott Sober
16. Essentialism and Natural Kinds Brian
Ellis
17. Ethics of Science David B. Resnik
18. Experiment Theodore Arabatzis
19. Explanation Jim Woodward
20. Feminist Approach to the Philosophy of
Science Cassandra L. Pinnick
20. Inference to the Best Explanation Peter
Lipton
22. Laws of Nature Marc Lange
23. Naturalism Ronald N. Giere
24.
Realism/Anti-Realism Michael Devitt
25. Relativism about Science Maria
Baghramian
26. Scientific Method Howard Sankey
27. Social Studies of Science
Robert Nola
28. The Structure of Theories Steven French
29. Theory-Change
John Worrall
30. Thought Experiments James Robert Brown
31.
Underdetermination Igor Douven
32. Values in Science Gerald Doppelt Part 3:
Concepts
33. Causation Christopher Hitchcock
34. Determinism Barry Loewer
35.
Evidence Peter Achinstein
36. Function Denis Walsh
37. Idealization James
Ladyman
38. Measurement Hasok Chang and Nancy Cartwright
39. Mechanisms
Stuart Glennan
40. Models Demetris Portides
41. Observation André Kukla
42.
Prediction Malcolm Forster
43. Probability Maria-Carla Galavotti
44.
Pseudoscience Bradley Monton
45. Reduction Sahotra Sarkar
46. Representation
in Science Paul Teller
47. Scientific Discovery Thomas Nickles
48. Space and
Time Oliver Pooley
49. Species and Taxonomy Marc Ereshefsky
50. Symmetry
Margaret Morrison
51. Truthlikeness Graham Oddie
52. Unification Todd Jones
53. The Virtues of a Good Theory Ernan McMullin Part 4: The Individual
Sciences
54. Biology Alexander Rosenberg
55. Chemistry Robin Findlay Hendry
56. Cognitive Science Paul Thagard
57. Cosmology Chris Smeenk
58. Economics
Uskali Maki
59. Mathematics Peter Clark
60. Physics Simon Saunders
61.
Psychology Richard Samuels
62. Social Sciences Harold Kincaid. Index
Martin Curd is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA. He is co-editor (with Jan Cover and Christopher Pincock) of Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues.
Stathis Psillos is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics at the University of Athens, Greece. He is the author of Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth (Routledge), Causation and Explanation, Philosophy of Science AZ, and Knowing the Structure of Nature.
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