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Aristotle's philosophy of science -- The Pythagorean orientation -- The ideal of deductive systemization -- Atomism and the concept of underlying mechanism -- Affirmation and development of Aristotle's method in the medieval period -- The debate over saving the appearances -- The seventeenth0century attack on Aristotelian philosophy : Galileo ; Francis Bacon ; Descartes -- Newton's axiomatic method -- Analyses of the implications of the new science for a theory of scientific method : The cognitive status of scientific laws ; Theories of scientific procedure ; Structure of scientific theories -- Inductivism v. the hypothetico-deductive view of science -- Mathematical positivism and conventionalism -- Logical reconstructionist philosophy of science -- Orthodoxy under attack -- Theories of scientific progress -- Explanation, causation, and unification -- Confirmation, evidential support, and theory appraisal -- The justification of evaluative standards -- The debate over scientific realism -- Descriptive philosophies of science.
