In my quest to broaden my understanding of the philosophy of science, I found this book to be an ideal starting point. Having now read several other books and essays on the philosophy of science, I can say that this book covers the major points well and provides a good foundation to move forward. Also, this book is available in audio format[...]. As a follow-up to this book I found Peter Godfrey-Smith's book, Theory and reality: An introduction to the philosophy of science to be very good. As a matter of fact this book is a great companion to the audio course, Philosophy of Science, by Jeffrey Kasser available from the Teaching Company.



Also may I recommend that you read Thomas Kuhn's classic book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions which is also available in audio format (Audible) from Amazon.