Laws of Nature
David Lewis, `Humean Supervenience Debugged' Mind 103 (1994): 473--90.
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Book Symposium: Laws and Symmetry
in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53 (1993).- Bas C. van Fraassen ``Precis of Laws and Symmetry'', pp. 411--2.
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[ Jstor ] - D. M. Armstrong ``The Identification Problem and the Inference Problem'', pp. 421--2.
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Adrian Heathcote, D. M. Armstrong, ``Causes and Laws'', Nous 25 (1991): 63--73.
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Explanation
James Woodward, ``Scientific Explanation'', The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
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Michael Friedman, ``Explanation and Scientific Understanding'', Journal of Philosophy 71 (1974): 5--19.
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Michael Scriven, ``Causation as Explanation'', Noûs 9 (1975): 3--16.
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Symposium: Wesley Salmon's Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World
in Journal of Philosophy 82(11) (1985).- Philip Kitcher, ``Two Approaches to Explanation'', pp. 632-639.
[ Jstor ] - Bas C. Van Fraassen, ``Salmon on Explanation'', pp. 639-651.
[ Jstor ] - Wesley C. Salmon, ``Conflicting Conceptions of Scientific Explanation'', pp. 651-654.
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J.W. Carroll, ``The two dams and that damned paresis'', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 50: 65--81.
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Theoretical change, rationality and reference
Dudley Shapere, `The Structure of Scientific Revolutions', Philosophical Review 73 (1964): 383--394.
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David Lewis, `How to Define Theoretical Terms', Journal of Philosophy 67 (1970): 427--446.
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Hartry Field, `Theory Change and The Indeterminacy of Reference', Journal of Philosophy 70 (1973): 462--481.
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Hilary Putnam, `Meaning and Reference' Journal of Philosophy 70 (1973): 699--711.
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Arthur Fine, `How to Compare Theories: Reference and Change', Noûs 9 (1975): 17--32.
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Philip Kitcher, `Theories, Theorists and Theoretical Change', Philosophical Review 87 (1978): 519--547.
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Philip Kitcher, `The Naturalists Return', Philosophical Review 101 (1992): 53--114.
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Michael Friedman, `Truth and Confirmation' Journal of Philosophy 76 (1979): 361--382.
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Scientific Realism and its critics
Bas C. Van Fraassen, `To Save the Phenomena' Journal of Philosophy 73 (1976): 623--632.
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Philosophical Quarterly, Special Issue: Scientific Realism, Jul., 1982
- Hilary Putnam, `Three Kinds of Scientific Realism': 195--200.
[ Jstor ] - John Worrall, `Scientific Realism and Scientific Change': 201--231.
[ Jstor ] - James Robert Brown, `The Miracle of Science': 232--244.
[ Jstor ] - Michael Luntley, `Verification, Perception, and Theoretical Entities': 245--261.
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Critical Studies
- Alan Musgrave, `Constructive Empiricism Versus Scientific Realism': 262--271.
[ Jstor ] - Graham Nerlich, `The Present State of Realism': 272--279.
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Structural Realism
Ladyman, James (1998). `What is Structural Realism?' Studies In History and Philosophy of Science 29: 409-424.
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Psillos, Stathis (2000). `Is Structural Realism Possible?' PSA '2000.
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