A clear, original and systematic introduction to philosophy of science which examines the theories of Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn and Feyerabend before proposing a new, temperate rationalist perspective.
I. The Rational Image II Observation, Theory and Truth III Popper—The Irrational Rationalist IV In Search of the Methodologist’s Stone V T.S. Kuhn: From Revolutionary to Social Democrat VI Feyerabend, the Passionate Liberal VII Theories are Incommensurable? VIII The Thesis of Verisimilitude IX Scientific Method X Strong Programmes XI Temperate Rationalism
