This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.

An introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by a foremost philosopher of science.

Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends.

In this important study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in

This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It h