Further Reading

Chalmers (1999) provides an excellent contemporary introduction to the philosophy of science. Older texts which are still of great value include Harre (1972), and the relevant chapters in Keat and Urry (1975) and Oldroyd (1986). Non-empiricist attempts to defend the rationality of science include Newton-Smith (1981), Brown (1994), Hacking (1983), Longino (1990) and Laudan (1996). For alternative accounts of science, see Chapter 4. For hermeneutic criticisms of positivism in the social sciences, see Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

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