Philosophy of Science

Essays on philosophy of science from the Proceedings of the Friesian School, Fourth Series.

Resource site at the University of Missouri.

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.

Overview of the theory of science from an anthroposophical point of view.

Examines the components, limitations, and popular mistaken beliefs of science and the scientific method. The web page also includes a section on scientific legitimacy.

Stanford Encyclopedia entry on thesis that science discovers truths about a theory-independent reality; by Richard Boyd.

Discussess the impact of social relations and values on scientific research; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Helen Longino.

Discussion of theory reduction in science; by Robert Batterman from the Stanford Encyclopedia.

An electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science.

Philosophical theories about the nature of explanation in science; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by James Woodward.

Entry on explanation in the sciences from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Philosophical theories about what it is to be a law; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by John W. Carroll.

Resource page supplementing Bruce Janz' philosophy of science course.

Weblog dedicated to science, philosophy, education and freedom.

A list maintained by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

Article examines relations between two modes of cognition: rational-scientific and intuitive-spiritual.

Directory devoted to the field includes definitions, examples (with swans!), glossary, books, induction, deduction and abduction. By Martin Sewell.

Bibliography on incommensurability and related matters.

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Ken and John begin the show by discussing the interplay between philosophy and science. Peter Godfrey-Smith, professor of philosophy at Harvard, joins the show. ...[2008/08/30]

The University of Science and Philosophy featuring Walter and Lao Russell. ... Welcome to the NEW Website of the University of Science and Philosophy! ...[2010/03/03]

Department of Philosophy - Cincinnati, Ohio - BA, PhD ... for the study of philosophy of biology, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and aesthetics 1. ...[2010/03/02]

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The University of Science and Philosophy featuring Walter and Lao Russell.[2010/02/28]

The scope of the Forum includes all aspects of theoretical philosophy, including: logic and philosophy of formal sciences / philosophy of science ...[2010/03/03]

Philosophy of Science is the branch of philosophy which studies the philosophical ... In this respect, the philosophy of science is closely related to epistemology and ontology. ...[2010/02/26]

Department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo ... Cognitive Science & Philosophy of Mind (Faculty members work specifically on topics that include Reasoning, ...[2010/03/10]

Even as in the Middle Ages philosophy was often thought of as the "handmaiden of theology, ... Philosophy of science is dependent on general epistemology. ...[2009/10/27]