Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Science is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions related to the nature, assumptions and practice of science: the role of science in understanding the world around us, scientific epistemology and the scope of scientific inquiry. Questions which are of interest to philosophy of science include the demarcation between science and pseudoscience, between science and other branches of knowledge, and between different parts of science. Philosophers of science are interested in what a scientific theory is, and what it means for a theory to be confirmed or disconfirmed by evidence.

Prominent philosophers of science include Karl Popper, Paul Feyerabend, Carl Hempel, Thomas Kuhn, Willard van Orman Quine, Michael Ruse, Imre Lakatos, Ian Hacking and Daniel Dennett.