TY  - GEN
AU  - Bird, Alexander
TI  - Philosophy of science
SN  - 9780773517738
U1  - 501 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - McGill-Queen university press
N2  - Contents
Preface 							ix
Introduction: the nature of science 			1
 Part I   Representation
1   Laws of nature 					25
2   Explanation 						61
3   Natural kinds 					95
4   Realism 						121
Part II    Reason
5   Inductive scepticism 					165
6   Probability and scientific inference 			187
7   Inductive knowledge 					215
8   Method and progress 					237
Glossary 						289
Notes 							295
Bibliography 						301
Index 							309

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