George Couvalis is a senior lecturer in the Discipline of Philosophy at Flinders University of South Australia.
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Theory and Observation Induction and Probability Popper and Mill Fallibility, Falsification and Coherence Revolutionary Change and Rationality Kuhn and his Rivals Relativism and the Value of Science The Sociology of Knowledge and Feminism Realism and Instrumentalism
`In the preface to this book, the author explains his intention of writing a textbook on the philosophy of science that is neither too technical nor too simplistic. It is aimed at higher-education students and academics who already have some philosophical background knowledge. The book gives a critical account of the ideas of some of the most influential philosophers of science' - Pragmatics `The book is a good read and will doubtless find a home in many introductory courses in the philosophy of science' - Science, Technology & Society `Couvalis is unfailingly clear, acute and learned. This well-researched, well-paced new text on the philosophy of science will be widely used and welcomed' - Professor Graham Nerlich, University of Adelaide