TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosenberg,Alexander
AU  - McIntyre,Lee C.
TI  - Philosophy of science: a contemporary introduction 
SN  - 9781138331518
AV  - Q175 .R5475 2020
U1  - 501 R723P4 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The relationship between philosophy and science -- Why is philosophy of science important? -- Scientific explanation -- Why do laws explain? -- Causation, inexact laws, and statistical probabilities -- Laws and explanations in biology and the "special sciences" -- The structure of scientific theories -- Epistemic and metaphysical issues about scientific theories -- Theory construction vs. model building -- Induction and probability -- Confirmation, falsification, underdetermination -- Challenges from the history of science -- Naturalism in the philosophy of science -- The contested character of science -- Science, relativism, and objectivity
N2  - "Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg's and Lee McIntyre's updated and substantially revised Fourth Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving lucid explanations with clear analyses, the volume is as a much-used, thematically-oriented introduction to the field"--
ER  -