Contents
Notes on Contributors vii
List of Figures xii
Unit 1: Introduction 1
1 Philosophies of the Sciences 3
Fritz Allhoff
2 Philosophy of Science 9
Richard DeWitt
Unit 2: Philosophy of the Exact Sciences 39
3 Philosophy of Logic 41
Otavio Bueno
4 Philosophy of Mathematics 68
Otavio Bueno
5 Philosophy of Probability 92
Aidan Lyon
Unit 3: Philosophy of the Natural Sciences 127
6 Philosophy of Physics 129
Richard DeWitt
7 Philosophy of Chemistry 163
Joachim Schummer
8 Philosophy of Biology 184
Matthew H.
Haber, Andrew Hamilton,Samir Okasha, and Jay Odenbaugh
9 Philosophy of Earth Science 213
Maarten G. Kleinhans, Chris J.J. Buskes, and
Henk W. de Regt
Unit 4: Philosophy of the Behavioral and Social Sciences 237
10 Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences 239
William Bechtel and Mitchell Herschbach
11 Philosophy of Psychology 262
Edouard Machery
12 Philosophy of Sociology 293
Daniel Little
13 Philosophy of Economics 324
Daniel M. Hausman
Index 356