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Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre’s updated and substantially revised fourth edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving lucid explanations with clear analyses, the volume is a much- used, thematically oriented introduction to the field.The fourth edition has been thoroughly rewritten based on instructor and student feedback, to improve readability and accessibility, without sacrificing depth. It retains, however, all of the logically structured, extensive coverage of earlier editions, which a review in the journal Teaching Philosophy called “the industry standard” and “essential reading.”Key Features of the Fourth Edition:Revised and rewritten for readability based on feedback from student and instructor surveys.Updated text on the problem of underdetermination, social science, and the realism/antirealism debate.Improved continuity between chapters.Revised and updated Study Questions and annotated Suggested Readings at the end of each chapter.Updated Bibliography.Table of Contents:1. The Relationship Between Philosophy and Science2. Why is Philosophy of Science Important?3. Scientific Explanation4. Why Do Laws Explain?5. Causation, Inexact Laws and Statistical Probabilities6. Laws and Explanations in Biology and the "Special Sciences"7. The Structure of Scientific Theories8. Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues about Scientific Theories9. Theory Construction vs. Model Building10. Induction and Probability11. Confirmation, Falsification, Underdetermination12. Challenges from the History of Science13. Naturalism in the Philosophy of Science14. The Contested Character of Science15. Science, Relativism and Objectivity