# Philosophy of Science

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:03.084Z
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## Summary

A second-order discipline. Philosophy of science does not do science; it studies what scientists do, what they should do, and why we are entitled to believe them. Key sections include: Philosophy of Science.; Opening What makes a claim scientific.; Chapter I The inductive turn.; Chapter II The problem of induction.; Chapter III Positivism.; Chapter IV Vienna, 1924.; Chapter V Logical positivism.; Chapter VI The principle eats itself.; Chapter VII Karl Popper.; Chapter VIII The asymmetry of evidence..

## Slide Outline

1. Philosophy of Science.
2. Opening What makes a claim scientific.
3. Chapter I The inductive turn.
4. Chapter II The problem of induction.
5. Chapter III Positivism.
6. Chapter IV Vienna, 1924.
7. Chapter V Logical positivism.
8. Chapter VI The principle eats itself.
9. Chapter VII Karl Popper.
10. Chapter VIII The asymmetry of evidence.
11. Chapter IX Marx, Freud, Adler.
12. Chapter X Thomas Kuhn, 1962.
13. Chapter XI Paradigms.
14. Chapter XII Incommensurability.
15. Chapter XIII How Kuhn was read.
16. Chapter XIV Research programmes.
17. Chapter XV Against Method.
18. Chapter XVI Edinburgh.
19. Chapter XVII The Science Wars.
20. Chapter XVIII The hoax.
21. Chapter XIX Naturalised epistemology.
22. Chapter XX Bayesian philosophy of science.
23. Chapter XXI IBE.
24. Chapter XXII Realism vs. antirealism.
25. Chapter XXIII Two arguments against realism.
26. Chapter XXIV Constructive empiricism.
27. Chapter XXV Demarcation today.
28. Chapter XXVI The replication crisis.
29. Chapter XXVII The role of values.
30. Chapter XXVIII Twenty-five works.
31. Chapter XXIX Watch & read.
32. The end of the deck.

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