The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of science / edited by Peter Machamer and Michael Silberstein.

Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 2002.

xi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief historical introduction to the philosophy of science / Peter Machamer -- Philosophy of science / John Worrall -- Explanation / Jim Woodward -- Structures of scientific theories / Carl F. Craver -- Reduction, emergence, and explanation / Michael Silberstein -- Models, metaphors and analogies / Daniela M. Bailer-Jones -- Experiment and observation / James Bogen -- Induction and probability / Alan Hájek and Ned Hall -- Philosophy of space-time physics / Craig Callender and Carl Hoefer -- Interpreting quantum theories / Laura Ruetsche -- Evolution / Roberta L. Millstein -- Molecular and developmental biology / Paul Griffiths -- Cognitive science / Rick Grush -- Social sciences / Harold Kincaid -- Feminist philosophy of science / Lynn Hankinson Nelson.