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Book SynopsisJames Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada. His previous publications include
The Rational and the Social (Routledge, 1989),
Smoke and Mirrors: How ScienceReflects Reality (Routledge, 1994),
Philosophy of Mathematics (Routledge, Second Edition 2008) and
The Laboratory of the Mind (Routledge, Second Edition 2009),
Who Rules in Science: A Guide to the Wars (Harvard 2001), and
Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge (Routledge 2011).
Trade ReviewThis book delivers twice on its title: it offers a comprehensive discussion of key thinkers in philosophy of science of the past 150 years and the authors are a dozen of their most distinguished and innovative successors at work today. The result shows a vibrant discipline in which each generation reflects on—and moves beyond—the classic debates. An insightful and inspiring survey of philosophy of science, its history, and its progress. -- James W. McAllister, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden, The Netherlands and Editor of International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Table of Contents1. Introduction James Robert Brown; 2. Experience and Necessity: Whewell and Mill Laura Snyder; 3. Conventionalism: Poincare, Duhem, Reichenbach; 4. The Vienna Circle: Carnap and Neurath Alan Richardson; 5. Logical Empiricism: Hempel and Quine Martin Curd; 6. Induction and Falsification: Popper Steve Fuller; 7. Historical Approaches: Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend Martin Carrier; 8. Sociology of Science: Bloor, Collins, Latour Martin Kusch; 9. Realism: Putnam and van Fraassen Stathis Psillos; 10. Beyond Theories: Hacking and Cartwright; 11. Feminist Critiques: Harding and Longino Janet Kourany; 12. Current Trends James Robert Brown; Further Reading; Index.
