This volume presentsa definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.
About the Author
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.
Features
Presents a definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.
Contains 15 newly-commissioned articles, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars.
Each chapter reviews a problem, examines the current state of the discipline with respect to the topic, and discusses possible futures of the field.
