Philosophico-Scientific Adventures

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0. Front matter

  1. Cover
  2. Contents

I. The Structure of Theories

  1. Philosophy of science
  2. The limits of science
  3. Modern empiricism
  4. Scientific theories
  5. Scientific revolutions
  6. The logic of discovery
  7. Computability

II. The Conquest of Reality

  1. Realism
  2. Antirealism
  3. Laws of nature
  4. Laws in the social sciences
  5. Fundamental laws
  6. Causation
  7. Mathematical Truth

III. How Science Works

  1. Induction
  2. Beyond induction
  3. Thought experiments
  4. Idealisation
  5. Explanation
  6. Representation
  7. Probability

IV. Spacetime

  1. Time Travel
  2. Causal Loops
  3. Zeno's Paradoxes
  4. Supertasks
  5. The Arrow of time
  6. Determinism and free will

V. Life, death, mind and murder

  1. Murder, mystery, probability
  2. Medical Death
  3. Cloning
  4. The meaning of life
  5. The human code
  6. Evolutionary Psychology