Readership: Advanced students and scholars of philosophy of science
Edited by Bradley Monton, University of Colorado at Boulder
"...What struck me in general [...] and what certainly attests to the richness and complexity of van Fraassen's philosophy of science, is that after thirty years of intense and detailed debate about virtually every major theme of The Scientific Image, philosophers are still able to come up with new observations about, objections to, and new defenses to earlier objections to, the position presented in that book..." - Igor Douven, Mind
Introduction Part I: The Scientific Image 1: Maarten Van Dyck: Constructive Empiricism and the Argument from Underdetermination 2: Nancy Cartwright: Why be Hanged for Even a Lamb 3: James Ladyman: The Epistemology of Constructive Empiricism 4: Alexander Bird: Underdetermination and Evidence 5: Philip Percival: An Empiricist Critique of Constructive Empiricism: The Aim of Science 6: Peter Lipton: Accepting Contradictions 7: Stathis Psillos: Putting a Bridle on Irrationality: An Appraisal of van Fraassen's New Epistemology Part II: The Empirical Stance 8: Ernan McMullin: Taking an Empirical Stance 9: Anjan Chakravartty: Six Degrees of Speculation: Metaphysics in Empirical Contexts 10: Chad Mohler: The Dilemma of Empiricist Belief 11: Michel Bitbol: Materialism, Stances, and Open-Mindedness 12: Anja Jauernig: Can a Philosophical Position Consist in a Stance? or, How to be an Empiricist and a Philosopher at the Same Time 13: Dien Ho: Farewell to Empiricism Part III: Van Fraassen's Reply 14: Bas C. van Fraassen: From A View Of Science To A New Empiricism
