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Tables of Contents for Understanding Philosophy of Science
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xiii
Introduction
1
4
5
6
PART I THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Induction and Inductivism
11
20
The sceptic's challenge
11
3
The scientific revolution
14
4
The `new tool' of induction
18
9
(Naive) inductivism
27
4
30
1
The Problem of Induction and Other Problems with Inductivism
31
31
The problem of induction
32
8
Solutions and dissolutions of the problem of induction
40
12
Inductivism and the history of science
52
4
Theory and observation
56
2
Conclusions
58
4
61
1