I would like to read about philosophy of science, but I have no clue where to start. Could anyone indicate me some books or papers to start studying this topic?
1. John Losee, A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science;
2. Richard Boyd, Philip Gasper, J.D. Trout, The Philosophy of Science;
3. Max Jammer, Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy;
4. Philosophy of Science (journal).
Mainz, Germany
Dear Liberato,
The Losee volume is available on line:
http://uwch-4.humanities.washington.edu/Texts/Philosophy%20Guides,%20Analysis'%20and%20Resources%20(ver.2)/A%20Historical%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Philosophy%20of%20Science%20(OPUS).pdf
It is not where I started, but perhaps it will be helpful.
H.G. Callaway
Thanks Callaway, Hladky and Abreu for the suggestions. All of them seems very interesting. Now the difficulty is which one I should start. That it is a good doubt.
Best regards
Here are a couple of ones that are available in Dover editions:
Rudolf Carnap "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sciences" ISBN 0-486-28318-6
A somewhat more specialized treatment is Mario Bunge, "Causality and Modern Science" 3rd revised ed. ISBN 0-486-23728-1
I should also second the recommendation above of Max Jammer. He has a whole series of books addressing the historical development of fundamental concepts: Mass (stated above), Force, and Space. They are not light reading but they are intriguing and very stimulating.
PS--these are all in English. I'm afraid I don't know enough to give recommendations for books in other languages.
Introducción ¿Qué es la ciencia?
Bacon, Francis (1986) “La esfinge”. En: Gardner, Martin. El escarabajo sagrado y otros grandes ensayos sobre la ciencia. Barcelona, Salvat. Vol. I: 1-4.
Collins, Harry & Pinch, Trevor (1996) “Introducción: el Gólem”. En: El gólem: lo que todos deberíamos saber acerca de la ciencia. Barcelona, Crítica Grijalbo Mondadori: 13-15.
La ciencia y la tecnología como resultado de una construcción social
Bowler, Peter J. & Morus, Iwan Rhys (2007) "Introducción: Ciencia, sociedad e historia". En: Panorama general de la ciencia moderna. Madrid, Crítica: 1-27.
La ciencia y la tecnología como resultado de una construcción social
Woolgar, Steve (1991) [1988] "¿Qué es la ciencia?". En: Ciencia: abriendo la caja negra. Barcelona, Anthropos-Editorial del Hombre: 23-44.
Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad.
Latour, Bruno (2001) "Dadme un laboratorio y levantaré el Mundo". En: González García, Marta (ed.). Ciencia, tecnología y sociedad
Winner, Langdon (1987) "¿Tienen política los artefactos?". En: La ballena y el reactor. Una búsqueda de los límites en la era de la alta tecnología. Barcelona, Gedisa: 35-56.
Ciencia, poder e interpretación / Ciencias sociales y salud
Otero, Edison B (1998) El "Programa Fuerte" en sociología de la ciencia y sus críticos. En: Revista austral de ciencias sociales, 2, 89-94
I would suggest that you start with "Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction" by Samir Okasha. There is a Kindle edition, so you can start straight away. https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Science-Short-Introduction-Introductions-ebook/dp/B01GGF2G18/ref=mt_kindle
Each chapter has further reading, so you can follow up in what takes your interest.
I agree with the readings suggested in this thread. Reading Cohen (1985), and Khun (1977) provide an excellent base. Best regards, Eileen
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