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Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science

Edited by: Peter Machamer and MICHAEL SILBERSTEIN (Elizabethtown College)

Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides

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This volume presentsa definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.

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Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
1. A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (and prognostications about its future): Peter Machamer (University of Pittsburgh).
2. Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects: John Worrall (London School of Economics).
3. Explanation: Jim Woodward (California Institute of Technology).
4. Structures of Scientific Theories: Carl F. Craver (Washington University, Saint Louis).
5. Reduction, Emergence and Explanation: Michael Silberstein (Elizabethtown College).
6. Models, Metaphors and Analogies: Daniela Bailer-Jones (University of Pittsburgh).
7. Experiment and Observation: James Bogen (University of Pittsburgh) .
8. Induction and Probability: Alan Hajek (California Institute of Technology) and Ned Hall (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
9. Philosophy of Space-Time Physics: Craig Callender (University of California at San Diego) and Carl Hoefer (London School of Economics).
10 . Interpreting Quantum Theories: Laura Ruetsche (University of Pittsburgh).
11. Evolution: Roberta L. Millstein (California State University, Hayward).
12. Molecular and Developmental Biology: Paul Griffiths (University of Pittsburgh).
13. Cognitive science: Rick Grush (University of California, San Diego).
14. Philosophy of Social Science: Harold Kincaid (University of Alabama at Birmingham).
15. Feminist Philosophy of Science: Lynn Hankinson Nelson (University of Missouri-St. Louis).

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Peter Machamer is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is editor of the Cambridge Companion to Galileo (1998), Scientific Controversies (2000), and Theory and Method in the Neurosciences (2001).