The first in-depth reference to the field that combines scientific knowledge with philosophical inquiry, this encyclopedia brings together a team of leading scholars to provide nearly 150 entries on the essential concepts in the philosophy of science. The areas covered include biology, chemistry, epistemology and metaphysics, physics, psychology and mind, the social sciences, and key figures in the combined studies of science and philosophy.

Articles, ranging from 3,000 to 7,500 words, include comprehensive coverage of: * Adaptation * Artificial Intelligence * Causality * Chemistry, Philosophy of * Chomsky, Noam * Determinism * Evolution * Feminist Philosophy of Science * Game Theory * Immunology * Inductive Logic * Kuhn, Thomas * Laws of Nature * Observation * Probability * Quantum Logic * Realism * Scientific Revolutions * Species * Statistics, Philosophy of * Turing, Alan * and much more.

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