An alphabetically arranged guide to the philosophy of science. While philosophy of science has always been an integral part of philosophy, since the beginning of the twentieth century it has developed its own structure and its fair share of technical vocabulary and problems. Philosophy of Science A-Z gives concise, accurate and illuminating accounts of key positions, concepts, arguments and figures in the philosophy of science. It aids understanding of current debates, explains their historical development and connects them with broader philosophical issues. It presupposes little prior knowledge of philosophy of science and is equally useful to the beginner, the more advanced student and the general reader. Readers will find in it illuminating explanations, careful analysis, relevant examples, open problems and, last but not least, precise arguments. Philosophy of science is a flourishing discipline and Philosophy of Science A to Z is a practical and imaginative way into and through it.

The author is a Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics in the Dept of Philosophy & History of Science in the University of Athens. After a Physics degree in the University of Patras, Greece, he was awarded in 1989 a scholarship from the Greek State's Scholarship Foundation to study Philosophy. He got an MSc in History and Philosophy of Science in 1990 and then a PhD in Philosophy of Science in 1994, both from King's College London. Between 1995 and 1998, He was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Philosophy Department of the London School of Economics. He have also been a visiting lecturer at King's College London in the academic year 1996-97. He returned to Greece in July 1998, spent a year doing his military service in the Hellenic Navy, and took up his post in Athens in June 1999.