The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia

Philosophy of Science: An Introduction Epistemology and Metaphysics Introduction: Epistemology and Metaphysics Abduction Analyticity Approximation Bayesianism Causality Cognitive Significance Confirmation Theory Conventionalism Corroboration Decision Theory Demarcation, Problem of Determinism Duhem Thesis Dutch Book Argument Emergence Empiricism Epistemology Evolutionary Epistemology Experiment Explanation Explanation, Mechanistic Explication Feminist Philosophy of Science Function Incommensurability Induction, Problem of Inductive Logic Instrumentalism Laws of Nature Logical Empiricism Naturalism Observation Operationalism Optimization Parsimony Perception Phenomenalism Physicalism Prediction Probability Protocol Sentences Randomness Rational Reconstruction Realism Reductionism Research Programs Scientific Change Scientific Domains Scientific Metaphors Scientific Models Scientific Progress Scientific Revolutions Scientific Style Social Constructivism Supervenience Teleology Theories Theories of Reference Underdetermination of Theories Unity and Disunity of Science Unity of Science Movement Verifiability Verisimiltude Vienna Circle Visualization Biology Introduction: Philosophy of Biology Adaptation Altruism Biodiversity Biological Information Conservation Biology Developmental Biology Ecology Evolution Fitness Genetics Heritability Immunology Individuality Innate/Aquired Distinction Molecular Biology Natural Selection Population Genetics Self/Non-Self Distinction Sociobiology Species Physical Sciences Introduction: Philosophy of Physics Anthropic Principle Astronomy, Philosophy of Chemistry, Philosophy of Classical Mechanics Complementarity Irreversibility Kinetic Theory Locality Particle Physics Quantum Field Theory Quantum Logic Quantum Measurement Problem Quantum Mechanics Space-Time Statistical Mechanics Thermodynamics Time Psychology and Mind Introduction: Philosophy of Psychology Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Science Connectionism Consciousness Evolutionary Psychology Intentionality Neurobiology Social Sciences Introduction: Philosophy of the Social Sciences Behaviorism Economics, Philosophy of Game Theory Linguistics, Philosophy of Methodological Individualism Statistics Statistics, Philosophy of Principal Figures Introduction: Principal Figures Ayer, A. J. Bridgman, Percy Carnap, Rudolf Chomsky, Noam Einstein, Albert Feigl, Herbert Feyerabend, Paul Hahn, Hans Hanson, Norwood Russell Hempel, Carl Hilbert, David Kuhn, Thomas Lakatos, Imre Mach, Ernest Nagel, Ernst Neurath, Otto Poincare, Henri Popper, Karl Putnam, Hilary Quine, W. V. Ramsey, Frank P. Reichenbach, Hans Russell, Bertrand Schlick, Moritz Searle, John Turing, Alan von Neumann, John