1. Introduction James Robert Brown 2. Experience and Necessity: Whewell and Mill Laura Snyder 3. Conventionalism: Poincare, Duhem, Reichenbach 4. The Vienna Circle: Carnap and Neurath Alan Richardson 5. Logical Empiricism: Hempel and Quine Martin Curd 6. Induction and Falsification: Popper Steve Fuller 7. Historical Approaches: Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend Martin Carrier 8. Sociology of Science: Bloor, Collins, Latour Martin Kusch 9. Realism: Putnam and van Fraassen Stathis Psillos 10. Beyond Theories: Hacking and Cartwright 11. Feminist Critiques: Harding and Longino Janet Kourany 12. Current Trends James Robert Brown Further Reading Index.
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