Philosophy of science / edited by Anthony O'Hear.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

vii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

"This volume consists of the lectures given in the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series in London in 2005-06."-- preface.

Scientific progress : beyond foundationalism and coherentism / Hasok Chang -- Action at a distance / Robin Le Poidevin -- Lessons from the history and philosophy of science regarding the Research Assessment Exercise / Donald Gillies -- The ravens revisited / Peter Lipton -- What's the point in scientific realism if we don't know what's really there? / Sophie R. Allen -- Miracles and models : why reports of the death of structural realism may be exaggerated / John Worrall -- Counter thought experiments / James Robert Brown -- Does physics answer metaphysical questions? / James Ladyman -- Natural kinds : rosy dawn, scholastic twilight / Ian Hacking -- Moral use of technology / James Garvey -- Is simplicity evidence of truth? / Adolf Grünbaum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.