The Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Science

<P><EM>The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science</EM> is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science. It contains sixty-two specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts it covers:</P><P></P><UL><P><LI><EM>historical and philosophical context </EM></LI><LI><EM>debates </EM></LI><LI><EM>concepts </EM></LI><LI><EM>the individual sciences.</EM></LI><P></P></UL><P><EM>The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science</EM> addresses all of the essential topics that students of philosophy of science need to know - from empiricism, explanation and experiment to causation, observation, prediction and more - and contains many helpful features including chapters on individual sciences (such as biology, chemistry, physics and psychology), further reading and cross-referencing at the end of each chapter.</P><P></P><P>Expanded and revised throughout, this seco