{"title": "Handbook of Philosophy of Science", "subjects": ["Science, methodology", "Science, philosophy", "Science", "Methodology", "Philosophy"], "key": "/works/OL4291541W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL833002A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "This collection surveys two aspects of contemporary philosophy of science: the methods of physical science and crucial aspects of foundational theories of physics. Part 1 explores the methodological topics, scientific explanation, probabilistic explanation, laws of nature, interpretation of theories, the structure of physical theories, and evolution and revolution in scientific change. In part 2 the studies of foundational physics explore contemporary theories of space and time, quantum theories of fields, and statistical mechanics."}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T05:55:33.609807"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-04-03T09:49:19.590139"}}