TY - BOOK AU - Okasha, Samir TI - Philosophy of science: a very short introduction SN - 9780198745587 U1 - 501 OKA-S PY - 2016/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Science--Philosophy N1 - In this new edition Samir Ikasha reviews the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a brief account of the history of modern science, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time. He examines scientific inference, scientific explanation, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science ER -