Continuum Publishing Group
Science; key concepts in philosophy.
French (philosophy of science, U. of Leeds, UK) offers an introduction for students to concepts in the philosophy of science. He discusses concepts such as discovery and creativity, heuristics, evidence and justification, observation, experiments, realism and anti-realism, how social factors affects science, and gender bias. Between chapters are short study exercises. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)