This book describes the framework of a new theory of science.

Over the last hundred years, philosophy of science has developed its theory based on what philosophers perceived what science is and what scientists do. It does not address the basic questions that scientists care about. Thus, this book examines the conventional theories of philosophy of science from a completely different point of view and describes the most difficult problems that scientists are concerned about and how science is conducted.

This book is based on the lecture notes under the same title in Honors College at the junior level in UMASS Lowell. It is qualified as a required course in Art and Humanity for science and engineering majors.

Contents:

• Introduction


• What is Philosophy?


• How Do People Acquire Knowledge?


• Elementaries of Philosophy of Science


• Science Revolutions and Paradigms


• Phases of Science


• Scientific Methods — Failed Attempts


• What is Science?


• Theory of Science


• Other Models of Philosophy of Science


• Challenging the Existing Knowledge

Readership: It can be used for scientists to guide their research and students to learn about science as a field and career. It could be interesting to high-school science teachers and the general readers who like sciences.

Key Features:

• How science is organized


• How scientists make scientific decisions with insufficient information


• The scientific method is a false concept to scientists