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THEROUTLEDGECOMPANION

TOPHILOSOPHYOFSCIENCE

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an outstanding guide to the major

themes, movements, debates and topics in philosophy of science. Fifty-ive entries by

a team of renowned international contributors are organized into four parts:

• HistoricalandPhilosophicalContext

• Debates

• Concepts

• IndividualSciences

The Companion beginswithacriticalexaminationofhowphilosophyofsciencehas

been involved in a mutually fruitful interaction with philosophical theories in areas

such as metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language, and reassesses the

major schools of philosophy of science in the twentieth century.

Thesecondpartexploresthedevelopmentofcurrentdebatesamongphilosophersand

scientistsonissuessuchasconirmation,explanation,realism,scientiicmethod,and

the ethics of science. Part three discusses controversial concepts such as causation,

prediction, uniication, observation, and probability that lie at the heart of many

disputes about science and scientiic theories. The inal part addresses some of the

main philosophical problems that arise within eight branches of science: biology,

chemistry, cognitive science, economics, mathematics, physics, psychology, and the

social sciences.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is essential reading for anyone

interested in philosophy of science and the connections between philosophy and the

natural and social sciences.

Stathis Psillos isanAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyofScienceattheUniversity

of Athens, Greece. He is the author of Scientiic Realism: How Science Tracks Truth

(Routledge), Causation and Explanation and Philosophy of Science A–Z .

Martin Curd isanAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyatPurdueUniversity,USA.He

isco-editor(withJanCover)of Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues .

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ROUTLEDGECOMPANION

TOPHILOSOPHYOF

SCIENCE

Edited by

Stathis Psillos and

Martin Curd

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