1: What is science? 2: Scientific Inference 3: Explanation in science 4: Realism and anti-realism 5: Scientific change and scientific revolutions 7: Science and its critics Further reading Index
Samir Okasha is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol, where he has taught since 2003. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Philosophy of Science, and has previously served as Associate Editor for the European Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He is currently the holder of a European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award, for a research project entitled 'Darwinism and the Theory of Rational Choice'. His articles have appeared in multiple leading philosophy and science journal, and he has authored several books, including Evolution and the Levels of Selection (OUP, 2006) and Evolution and Rationality (CUP, 2014).
The 2nd Edition of Samir Okasha's Philosophy of Science: A Very
Short Introduction is a fantastic entry point for all those who
would like to get an overview of the issues philosophers of science
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*Samuel Schindler, Metascience*
Do not underestimate the value of having a working understanding
the philosophy of science, to which end this short book is one that
you - if your professional life has any connection with science -
could well find invaluable
*Jonathan Cowie, Concatenation*
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