Philosophy Of Science A Contemporary Introduction

A companion anthology to this textbook has been prepared by Yuri Balashov and the present author: Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings. It was designed after the first edition of this work was already in print, with an eye to providing a sourcebook of original papers coordinated with the textbook. The guides to further reading at the end of each chapter include specific suggestions from this anthology as well as from a number of others and from the broader scholarly literature. Aiding and abetting Yuri Balashov in the preparation of this companion anthology was a singular pleasure as well as an educational experience which forced me to think carefully about how a second edition of the textbook might improve on the first one. I am in Yuri Balashov’s debt as much as I am obliged to any of the others mentioned hitherto.