Description: "How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is 'really' like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In [this book], Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate. ... The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science"--
Brief description: Peter Godfrey-Smith is professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the author of many books, including Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness and Philosophy of Biology.
Review Quotes: "An excellent overview of the philosophy of science from the early 20th century onward. . . . Recommended."-- "Choice"