Table of Contents

I: Approach and Tools; 1: The Scientific Approach; 2: Concept; 3: Elucidation; II: Scientific Ideas; 4: Problem; 5: Hypothesis; 6: Law; 7: Theory: Statics; 8: Dynamics; Science and Technology Studies

About the Author

Mario Bunge is professor in the philosophy department at McGill University in Montreal and holds sixteen honorary doctorates and four honorary professorships. His works include Treatise on Basic Philosophy, Philosophy of Psychology, Scientific Materialism, Social Science under Debate, and Philosophy of Science.