Images Of Science: Essays On Realism And Empiricism, With A Reply From Bas C. Van Fraassen (science And Its Conceptual Foundations)

"Churchland and Hooker have collected ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply . . . these articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists."—Jeffrey Bub and David MacCallum, Foundations of Physics Letters Van Fraassen's The Scientific Image (1980) represents a sophisticated and brilliant defense of empiricist philosophy of science.