Philosophy of Science
The Foundations of Scientific Knowledge, Including the Demarcation Problem, Falsification, Paradigm Shifts, and the Debate over Whether Science Discovers TruthBy Alex Omberg
Length4h 31m
About this audiobook
Does science discover absolute truth, or just invent useful fictions?
Every day, we trust science to cure our diseases, power our cities, and explain the cosmos. But beneath the pristine image of the "scientific method" lies a battlefield of unproven assumptions, fierce intellectual rivalries, and profound philosophical mysteries.
In Philosophy of Science: The Foundations of Scientific Knowledge, Alex Omberg strips away the myths of objective inquiry to reveal the messy, thrilling, and deeply human reality of how we understand the universe.
From David Hume’s devastating realization that we cannot logically prove the sun will rise tomorrow, to Thomas Kuhn's controversial claim that scientific progress is just a series of "paradigm shifts," the bedrock of modern knowledge is far more fragile—and fascinating—than we are taught.
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GenrePhilosophy, Science and Nature
Length4 hrs 31 mins
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Publish dateApr 11, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
58Living with Theory-Ladenness
2Introduction: What Makes Science Science?
59The Experiment's Authority
3Chapter 1: The Birth of Method
60Chapter 8: Laws of Nature or Habits of the Universe?
4The Aristotelian Foundation
61The Regularity View
5The Medieval Contribution
62The Necessitarian Alternative
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6Bacon's Inductive Revolution
63The Best-Systems Account
7The Rise of the Controlled Experiment
64Laws and Idealization
8The Question of Good Evidence
65Ceteris Paribus Laws
9Method as Achievement and Problem
66Functional Laws and Mathematical Structure
10Chapter 2: The Problem of Induction
67Do Laws Govern or Describe?
11The Anatomy of Induction
68Laws and Scientific Progress
12The Living with Induction
69The Unsettled Question
13Goodman's New Riddle
70Chapter 9: Explaining Why
14Pragmatic and Probabilistic Responses
71The Deductive-Nomological Model
15Induction in Practice
72Statistical Explanation
16The Problem's Significance
73Causal and Mechanical Explanation
17The Unresolved Challenge
74Unification and Mathematical Explanation
18Chapter 3: The Falsification Gambit
75Inference to the Best Explanation
19The Asymmetry Between Verification and Falsification
76Pragmatic and Contextual Features
20The Method of Conjecture and Refutation
77Varieties of Explanation
21Problems with Falsification in Practice
78Explanation and Understanding
22The Problem of Auxiliary Hypotheses
79The Continuing Search
23Corroboration and Progress
80Chapter 10: The Map and the Territory
24The Legacy of Falsificationism
81Idealization and Abstraction
25Chapter 4: The Structure of Revolutions
82Multiple Models and Inconsistency
26The Paradigm Concept
83The Fiction View
27Normal Science as Puzzle-Solving
84How Models Represent
28Anomalies and Crisis
85Computer Simulations
29Revolutionary Science
86The Role of Approximation
30The Role of Persuasion and Community
87Models and Theories
31Problems and Objections
88The Success of Modeling
32Impact and Legacy
89Models and Understanding
33The Unresolved Tension
90Maps of Scientific Practice
34Chapter 5: The Anarchist and the Rationalist
91Chapter 11: The Social Life of Science
35Lakatos's Research Programs
92The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
36The Problem of Comparison
93Objectivity and Bias
37Feyerabend's Anarchism
94Values in Science
38The Defense of Reason
95Institutional Structures and Epistemic Effects
39Proliferation and Incommensurability
96Trust and Expertise
40Science and Democracy
97Science and Democracy
41The Methodology Wars' Legacy
98The Limits of Social Explanation
42Chapter 6: The Invisible World
99Science as Social Practice
43The Realist Position
100Epilogue: The Restless Enterprise
44The Anti-Realist Response
101The Persistence of Fundamental Questions
45The Observation-Theory Distinction
102Unity and Diversity
46Underdetermination and Equivalent Descriptions
103Science and Human Flourishing
47Entity Realism and Experimental Practice
104Living with Uncertainty
48Structural Realism
105The Continuing Investigation
49The Debate's Significance
106Appendix A: Timeline
50The Unresolved Question
107Appendix B: Annotated Further Reading
51Chapter 7: The Experiment Speaks
108Primary Sources
52Seeing and Interpreting
109Secondary Sources: Introductions and Surveys
53Theory and Observation in Physics
110Secondary Sources: Specialized Studies
54The Duhem-Quine Thesis
111Secondary Sources: Historical Context
55Calibrating Instruments
112Specialized Topics
56Observation Languages and Theoretical Terms
113Online Resources
57Breaking the Circle
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