Conclusion
As noted in the introduction to this essay, this has been a sampler, with a bit of tasting and testing of various philosophical issues related to science.
As we have seen, it does not take long to find substantial and difficult philosophical issues in science.
Some of these philosophical issues have an impact on the actual doing of science, while others we surveyed involve interesting and difficult philosophical issues, for example on foundational concepts and tools of science, though ones not directly impacting the workings of science.What is included in the sections above is by no means a thorough survey of the range of philosophical issues in science - there are far more issues and puzzles than we have had time to survey here. Nor have any of the issues been covered in any depth. Again, the main metaphor was one of a sampler, in which we could try various flavors of issues and problems found in the philosophy of science.
Later essays in this collection will allow you to go into issues in substantially greater depth. In some cases the essays will take you further into issues touched upon above. In other cases, you will have a chance to explore new issues. But in all cases, I think you will find what we found above, namely, that philosophy is everywhere in science.
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