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Science is the systematic form of man’s search for knowledge. It aims to explain observed facts and to discover new facts. Theories and models are a means of accomplishing this aim. The book draws on examples from a range of natural sciences and humanities to illustrate how theoretical assumptions and notions facilitate explanations and discoveries, thus demonstrating the difference between science and everyday knowledge.

"Bartels’ excellent book is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the prime question of what science is and in what sense it is uncontested by or even superior to other
knowledge endeavours. I would also inflict the book as a necessary read on whomever doubts the systematic relevance of scientific discovery or has so far built up her (epistemological) understanding of science without a systematic appreciation for how science develops and gets developed. Due to its self-contained form, it can (and should very much) be used from intermediate undergraduate classes onwards, even for students without much prior immersion in the philosophy of science." Niels Linnemann in: Journal for General Philosophy of Science 2024/55