Abstract

It would be doing this book an injustice, no doubt, to suggest that it is of value primarily for its bibliography—eighty-five well chosen titles from the recent literature on the philosophy of science. Nevertheless, it is a point which might be argued. Few short ‘collections’ provide much scope for reviewers, particularly considering the extent to which they have been proliferating recently. Anyone who is likely to read the review will in all probability have read already most of the essays collected, and it is unusual to find an example in which the editor’s introduction, or the principles on which the articles are arranged, are of enough interest to demand extended treatment themselves.