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Philip S. Kitcher
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John Dewey Professor of Philosophy and James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization, Columbia University. Author of In Mendel's Mirror: Philosophical Reflections on Biology and others.

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Philosophy of science, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the elements of scientific inquiry. This article discusses metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues related to the practice and goals of modern science. For treatment of philosophical issues raised by the problems and…
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