Table of Contents

Method in the philosophy of science and epistemology: How to inquire about inquiry and knowledge.- ’Twixt method and madness.- Historical realism and contextual objectivity: A developing perspective in the philosophy of science.- Research problems and the understanding of science.- Twenty years after.- The semantic approach to scientific theories.- The garden in the machine: Gender relations, the processes of science, and feminist epistemological strategies.- The cognitive study of science.- A cognitive — historical approach to meaning in scientific theories.- Naturalizing observation.- Realist methodology in genetics.- Parsimony and the units of selection.

Reviews

` .. this volume will make a significant contribution to a more adequate understanding of the "nature of scientific knowledge and inquiry" '
ISIS Vol.79,No.1,1988