Philosophy of Science Philosophy

The philosophy of science is concerned with the philosophical interpretation and study of the natural sciences, in particular, physics, biology, and mathematics.

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• Philosophy of Science - Essays on philosophy of science from the Proceedings of the Friesian School, Fourth Series.
  
• Science Studies Web Server - Resource site at the University of Missouri.
  
• Philosophy of Science Resources - Resource page supplementing Bruce Janz' philosophy of science course.
  
• Abuddhas Memes - Weblog dedicated to science, philosophy, education and freedom.
  
• WSRC - Critical Realism - An independent site highlighting the development, interrogation, explication, and application of critical realist methods and analyses; features a bibliography, a glossary, and an archive of papers.
  
• Science and the Philosophy of Science - Directory devoted to the field includes definitions, examples (with swans!), glossary, books, induction, deduction and abduction. By Martin Sewell.
  
• Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge - Discussess the impact of social relations and values on scientific research; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Helen Longino.
  
• Scientific Explanation - Philosophical theories about the nature of explanation in science; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by James Woodward.
  
• What Is Science? - Overview of the theory of science from an anthroposophical point of view.
  
• Intertheory Relations in Physics - Discussion of theory reduction in science; by Robert Batterman from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
  
• Philsci Archive - An electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science.
  
• Theories of Explanation - Entry on explanation in the sciences from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  
• Scientific Realism - Stanford Encyclopedia entry on thesis that science discovers truths about a theory-independent reality; by Richard Boyd.
  
• Laws of Nature - Philosophical theories about what it is to be a law; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by John W. Carroll.
  
• Philosophy of Science Events - A list maintained by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.
  
• Incommensurability Literature - Bibliography on incommensurability and related matters.
  
• The Nature and Philosophy of Science - Examines the components, limitations, and popular mistaken beliefs of science and the scientific method. The web page also includes a section on scientific legitimacy.
  
• Science and Spirituality - Article examines relations between two modes of cognition: rational-scientific and intuitive-spiritual.
  
  

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