TY - BOOK AU - Curd,Martin AU - Cover,J.A. AU - Pincock,Christopher TI - Philosophy of science: the central issues SN - 9780393920802 U1 - 501 C M P 221 PY - 2013/// CY - New York : PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Science KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents: Science and pseudoscience -- Rationality, objectivity, and values in science -- The Duhem-Quine thesis and underdetermination -- Induction, prediction, and evidence -- Confirmation and relevance: Bayesian approaches -- Models of explanation -- Laws of nature -- Intertheoretic reduction -- Empiricism and scientific realism ER -