TY - BOOK AU - Curd,Martin AU - Psillos,Stathis TI - The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science T2 - Routledge Philosophy Companions SN - 9781135011093 U1 - 501 PY - 2013/// CY - Hoboken PB - Taylor and Francis KW - Science -- Philosophy KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Part I:Historical and philosophical context; 1.Conventionalism; 2.The epistemology of science after Quine; 3.The history of philosophy and the philosophy of science; 4.Metaphysics; 5.Philosophy of language; 6.The role of logic in philosophy of science; 7.Critical rationalism; 8.The historical turn in the philosophy of science; 9.Logical empiricism; 10.Pragmatism and science; 11.Social epistemology; Part II:Debates; 12.Bayesianism; 13.Computer simulation; 14.Confirmation15.Empiricism; 16.Essentialism and natural kinds; 17.Ethics of science; 18.Experiment; 19.Explanation; 20.The feminist approach to the philosophy of science; 21.Inference to the best explanation; 22.Laws of nature; 23.Naturalism; 24.Realism/anti-realism; 25.Relativism about science; 26.Scientific method; 27.Social studies of science; 28.The structure of theories; 29.Theory-change in science; 30.Thought experiments; 31.Underdetermination; 32.Values in science; Part III:Concepts; 33.Causation; 34.Determinism; 35.Evidence; 36.Function; 37.Idealization; 38.Measurement; 39.Mechanisms40.Models; 41.Observation; 42.Prediction; 43.Probability; 44.Pseudoscience; 45.Reduction; 46.Representation in science; 47.Scientific discovery; 48.Space and time; 49.Species and taxonomy; 50.Symmetry; 51.Truthlikeness; 52.Unification; 53.The virtues of a good theory; Part IV:Individual sciences; 54.Biology; 55.Chemistry; 56.Cognitive science; 57.Cosmology; 58.Economics; 59.Mathematics; 60.Physics; 61.Psychology; 62.Social sciences; Index N2 - This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science contains over sixty specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors UR - http://VU.eblib.com.au/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1323325 ER -