The Philosophy of Science Companion: Routledge Edition

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an essential guide and reference source that covers the major themes, debates, problems, and topics in philosophy of science. With sixty-two specially commissioned entries by an international team of leading contributors, the book is organized into four parts covering historical and philosophical context, debates, concepts, and the individual sciences. It addresses all the essential topics that students of philosophy of science need to know, from empiricism, explanation, and experiment to causation, observation, prediction, and more.

The second edition has been expanded and revised throughout, with new chapters on Conventionalism, Social Epistemology, Computer Simulation, Thought Experiments, Pseudoscience, Species and Taxonomy, and Cosmology. Additionally, the book contains chapters on individual sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, and psychology, as well as further reading and cross-referencing at the end of each chapter.

This updated edition is indispensable for anyone interested in the philosophy of science and provides a comprehensive and authoritative resource for students, scholars, and researchers.

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