PH61D — Advanced Philosophy of Science

Reading List: Ancient Period

• Albert, D. (1992) Quantum Mechanics and Experience Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP
• Boyd, R., P. Gasper and J. D. Trout, eds., The Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991).
• Boyd, R., P. Gasper and J. D. Trout, eds., (1983) 'On the Current Status of Scientific Realism', Erkenntnis 19
• Alan Chalmers, (1990) What is This Thing Called Science
• Curd, M. and J. A. Cover, eds., (1998).Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues New York: W. W. Norton
• Davies, P and J. Brown, eds., (1986) The Ghost in the Atom Cambridge: CUP
• Duhem, P. (1954) The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory, trans. from the French by P. Wiener. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton UP
• Paul Feyerabend, (1995) Against Method New Left Books
• Fine, A. (1986) The Shaky Game: Einstein realism and the quantum theory Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• J, C. Glymour, and J. Stachel, eds., (1977) Foundations of Space-time Theories: Minnesota Studies, vol. 8 Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
• Grayling, A. C. ed., Philosophy: a Guide through the Subject (Oxford: OUP, 1995).
• Glymour, C. (1980) Theory and Evidence Princeton, NJ.: Princeton UP
• Hakim, R. (1999) An Introduction to Relativistic Gravitation Cambridge: CUP
• Hacking, I. (1982) 'Experimentation and Scientific Realism', Philosophical Topics 13
• Jardine, N. (1986) The Fortunes of Inquiry Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Kukla, A. (1998) Studies in Scientific idealism Oxford. OUP
• Liddle, A. (1999) An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Chichester: John Wiley
• Nagel, E. (1961) The Structure of Science London: RKP
• Papineau, D., ed., (1996) Philosophy of Science Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Oxford: OUP
• Pitt, J. ed., (1988) Theories of Explanation Oxford: OUP
• Psillos, S. (1999) Scientific Realism London: Routledge
• Quine, W. 0. (1981) Theories and Things Cambridge Mass.: Harvard UP
• Ruben, D-H., ed., (1993) Explanation Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Oxford: OUP
• Rae, A. (1986)Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality? Cambridge: CUP
• C. Wade Savage, ed. (1990) Scientific Theories Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,
• Sartori, L. (1996) Understanding Relativity Berkeley: University of California Press
• Sklar, L. (1974) Space, Time and Spacetime Berkeley, CA.: University of California Press
• Styer, D. (2000) The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics Cambridge: CUP

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