Description: AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Positivist Model of Scientific Theories and Its ProblemsSection 1. Logic, Language, and the Observational/Theoretical Distinction1. The Rise of Logical Positivism: Alexander Rosenberg2. The Positivist Model of Scientific Theories: Frederick Suppe3. Problems with the Observational/Theoretical Distinction: Hilary Putnam4. Theoretical Entities: Grover Maxwell5. A Defense of the Observational/Theoretical Distinction: Bas Van Fraassen6. A Critique of Operationalism: Technical Interlude: Carl HempelSection 2. The Underdetermination of Theory and Holism7. Physical Theory and Experiment: Pierre Dunhem8. Falsification: Sir Karl Popper9. Holism, Part 1: Two Dogmas of Empiricism: W.V. Quine10. Holism, Part 2: Posits and Reality: W.V. Quine11. A Critique of Underdetermination: Technical Interlude: Larry LaudanSection 3. Reductionism, Antireductionism, and Scientific Explanation12. A Model of Intertheoretic Reduction: Ernest Nagel13. Unity of Science: Paul Oppenheim and Hilary Putnam14. A Critique of Physiological Reductionism: Jerry Fodor15. The Nature of Supervenience: Technical Interlude: Jaegwon Kim16. The Deductive-Nomological Model of Scientific Explanation: Carl G. Hempel and Paul Oppenheim17. The Unification Model of Scientific Explanation: Philip Kitcher18. The Aleatory Model of Scientific Explanation: Technical Interlude: Paul HumphreysPart II: Historicism and Its AftermathSection 4. The Kuhnian Model of Science19. The Nature of Normal Science: Thomas Kuhn20. The Nature of Revolutionary Science: Thomas Kuhn21. The Rationality of Science After Kuhn: Ian Hacking22. An Argument Against Method: Polemical Interlude: Paul FeyerabendSection 5. Social Constructivism and Feminism23. The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Science: David Bloor24. A Social Constructivist Field Study: Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar25. A Critique of Social Constructivism: James Robert Brown26. The Sokal Hoax: Polemical Interlude: Paul Boghossian27. Feminist Science Criticism: Sandra Harding28. Problems with Feminist Epistemology: Cassandra Pinnick29. A Critique of Feminist Science Criticism: Polemical Interlude: Paul R. Gross and Norman LevittSection 6. Realism and Antirealism30. Realism in Mathematics and Elsewhere: Hilary Putnam31. Alternatives to Realism: Bas van Fraassen32. Realism and Scientific Progress: Philip Kitcher33. Realism, Antirealism, and NOA: James Robert Brown34. Idealism and Antirealism: Polemical Interlude: Alan Musgrave

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