Arguing About Science is a highly accessible, engaging introduction to the core questions in philosophy of science. This fresh, bold and exciting collection offers a selection of through provoking articles with contextual introductions by two leading academics in the field.

Introduction Alexander Bird & James Ladyman Part 1: What is Science? 1. Science: Conjectures and Refutations Karl Popper 2. Is Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory Pseudo-Scientific by Karl Popper's Criterion of Demarcation? Adolf Grünbaum 3. The Mismeasure of Man Stephen Jay Gould 4. Objectivity, Value Judgement and Theory Choice Thomas Kuhn Part 2: Science, Race and Gender 5. Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be Sally Haslanger 6. The Battle of the Sexes Revisited Helena Cronin 7. Beyond the Gene but Beneath the Skin Evelyn Fox Keller 8. Towards a Critical Theory of "Race" Lucius T. Outlaw 9. Race: Biological Reality or Social Construct? Robin O. Andreason 10. On the New Biology of Race Joshua M. Glasgow 11. What Went Wrong: Reflections on Science by Observation and The Bell Curve Clark Glymour Part 3: Scientific Reasoning 12. Induction Peter Lipton 13. The Corroboration of Theories Hilary Putnam 14. A System of Logic John Stuart Mill 15. Of certain Characteristics of Scientific Induction William Whewell 16. Waves and Scientific Method Peter Achinstein 17. Notes on Bayesian Confirmation Theory Michael Strevens Part 4: Explanation 18. Scientific Explanation Wesley C. Salmon 19. The Pragmatics of Explanation Bas Van Fraassen 20. Explanation Peter Lipton Part 5: Laws and Causation Laws of Nature Fred. I. Dretske 21. What are laws of nature? Bas Van Fraassen 22. Natural Laws and the Problem of Provisos Marc Lange 23. Causal Laws and Effective Strategies Nancy Cartwright Part 6: Science and Medicine 24. Why Medicine Cannot Be a Science Ronald Munson 25. Philosophy of Medicine Kenneth F. Schaffner 26. Hierarchy of Evidence School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield 27. What Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine John Worrall Part 7: Probability in Action: Forensic Science 28. Interpretation of Statistical Evidence in Criminal Trials: The Prosecutor's Fallacy and the Defense Attorney's Fallacy William C. Thompson & Edward L. Schumannt 29. Sudden Infant Death or Murder? A Royal Confusion About Probabilities Neven Sesardic Part 8: Risk, Uncertainty and Science Policy 30. Formulating the Precautionary Principle Neil A. Manson 31. Five Charges Against the Precautionary Principle Per Sandin, Martin Peterson, Sven Ove Hansson, Chrstina Ruden, and Andre Juthe 32. Risk and ethics: three approaches Sven Ove Hansson Part 9: Scientific Realism and Antirealism 33. The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory Pierre Duhem 34. The Theories of Modern Physics Henri Poincare 35. Objectivity of Science Henri Poincare 36. A confutation of convergent realism Larry Laudan 37. Arguments Concerning Scientific Realism Bas Van Fraassen 38. Experimentation and Scientific Realism Ian Hacking 39. Structural realism: The best of both worlds? John Worrall. Index