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Emphasizing the drama as well as the wealth of philosophical issues raised by scientific practice, this text introduces students to a broad range of topics, including methodology, discovery, metaphysical concerns and scientific ethics. The ethical issues are integrated into each chapter as the reader works through a variety of examples drawn from psychology, physics, biology and the social sciences. The continuing relevance of philosophical ideas to substantive science is emphasized, as is the relation between human cognitive and social constraints and the development of science.