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		Image from Amazon.com	Scientific knowledge : basic issues in the philosophy of science by Kourany, Janet A Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175.3 K687S 1998. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Theories of scientific progress [electronic resource] : an introduction / John Losee. by Losee, John Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The structure of scientific revolutions by Kuhn, Thomas S, 1922- Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : The Univ. of Chicago Press, 1970 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q174.8 K83S 1970. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Philosophy of science : a very short introduction / Samir Okasha by Okasha, Samir Series: Very short introductions ; 67 Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175 O327P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The nature of science : problems and perspectives by Hung, Edwin H.-C Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175 H863N. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Unweaving the rainbow : science, delusion and the appetite for wonder / Richard Dawkins by Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Penguin, 1999 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175 D384U. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Social constructivism and the philosophy of science [electronic resource] / André Kukla. by Kukla, André, 1942- Series: Philosophical issues in science Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	A companion to the philosophy of science [electronic resource] / edited by W.H. Newton-Smith. by Newton-Smith, W Series: Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 18 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Theories of scientific progress : an introduction / John Losee by Losee, John Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N. Y. : Routledge, 2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175 L673T. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Real science [electronic resource] : what it is, and what it means / John Ziman. by Ziman, J. M. (John M.), 1925-2005 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2003 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Political philosophy : a very short introduction / David Miller by Miller, David Series: Very short introductions ; 97 Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2003 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: JA71 M544P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Scientific method in practice / Hugh G. Gauch, Jr. by Gauch, Hugh G., Jr, 1942- Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q175 G382S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Philosophy of science, logic and mathematics in the twentieth century / edited by Stuart G. Shanker by Shanker, Stuart G [ed.] Series: Routledge history of philosophy ; v. 9 Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, 2003 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Q174.8 P444. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Philosophy of Science, Logic, and Mathematics in the Twentieth Century [electronic resource] / edited by Stuart G. Shanker. by Shanker, Stuart [ed.] Series: Routledge history of philosophy ; v. 9 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London ; Routledge, 2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The history of political theory and other essays / John Dunn by Dunn, John Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: JA74.5 D866H. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Ozone layer [electronic resource] : a philosophy of science perspective / Maureen Christie. by Christie, Maureen Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2003 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Scientific method [electronic resource] : a historical and philosophical introduction / Barry Gower by Gower, Barry Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, 2002 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	A history of political thought : from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance / Janet Coleman by Coleman, Janet Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2000 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: JA81 C643H. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			A house built on sand : exposing postmodernist myths about science by Koertge, Noretta Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Oxford Univ. Press, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (2)Call number: Q172 H687, ... Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Reclaiming the enlightenment : toward a politics of radical engagement / Stephen Eric Bronner by Bronner, Stephen Eric Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Columbia Univ. Press, c2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: JC574 B766R. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)