TY  - BOOK
AU  - Okasha,Samir
TI  - Philosophy of science: a very short introduction 
T2  - A Very short introduction
SN  - 9780198745587
AV  - Q175 .O4555 2016
U1  - 501 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford Univ Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - fast
KW  - 08.35 philosophy of science
KW  - nbc
N1  - Previous edition: 2002; Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index; What is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical problems in physics, biology, and psychology -- Science and its critics
N2  - "In this new edition Samir Ikasha reviews the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a brief account of the history of modern science, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time. He examines scientific inference, scientific explanation, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science."--
ER  -