Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Triumphs of Natural Philosophy 3
6. Emergence of Science 30
7. Failures of Philosophy, Part I 58
8. Failures of Philosophy, Part II 95
9. Why Science Needs Philosophy, Part I: Physics 115
10. Why Science Needs Philosophy, Part II: Natural Science 181
11. Why Philosophy Needs Science 209
12. Implications of Natural Philosophy for the Problems of Civilization 218
13. Degrees of Theory Unity 243
14. The Problem of Induction 248
15. Notes 271
16. References 317
17. Index 331