Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science (eBook)

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). Michael Silberstein is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Elizabethtown College. He is an NEH Fellow who has published and delivered papers on both philosophy of science and philosophy of mind.

Notes on Contributors vii

Preface x

1.A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science 1
Peter Machamer

2.Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects 18
John Worrall

3.Explanation 37
Jim Woodward

4.Structures of Scientific Theories 55
Carl F. Craver

5.Reduction, Emergence and Explanation 80
Michael Silberstein

6.Models, Metaphors and Analogies 108
Daniela Bailer-Jones

7.Experiment and Observation 128
James Bogen

8.Induction and Probability 149
Alan Hajek and Ned Hall

9.Philosophy of Space-Time Physics 173
Craig Callender and Carl Hoefer

10.Interpreting Quantum Theories 199
Laura Ruetsche

11.Evolution 227
Roberta L. Millstein

12.Molecular and Developmental Biology 252
Paul Griffiths

13.Cognitive science 272
Rick Grush

14.Philosophy of Social Science 290
Harold Kincaid

15.Feminist Philosophy of Science 312
Lynn Hankinson Nelson

Index 332