Past Publications

Many of the center’s volumes grew out of Center activities such as the Annual Lecture Series, the Pittsburgh-Konstanz Colloquium, and other conferences and workshops. Click for more information and lists of titles.

University of Pittsburgh Series in the Philosophy of Science

Vol. 1: Frontiers of Science and Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1962 (out of print). Reprinted by University Press of America, Inc. 1982.

Vol. 2: Beyond the Edge of Certainty: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy, Prentice-Hall Inc., edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1965 (out of print). Reprinted by University Press of America, Inc. 1982.

Vol.3: Mind and Cosmos: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1966 (out of print). Reprinted by University Press of America, Inc. 1983.

Vol. 4: The Nature and Function of Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1970.

Vol. 5: Paradigms and Paradoxes, University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1972.

Vol. 6: Logic, Laws, and Life: Some Philosophical Implications, University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1977.

Vol. 7: From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics, University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1986.

Pittsburgh Series in Philosophy and History of Science

Mind and Medicine: Problems of Explanation and Evaluation in Psychiatry and the Biomedical Sciences, University of California Press, edited by Laurens Laudan, 1984.

The Foundations of Psychoanalysis: A Philosophical Critique, University of California Press, Adolf Grünbaum, 1984.

Science and Values: The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate, University of California Press, by Larry Laudan, 1984.

The Limits of Science, University of California Press, Nicholas Rescher, 1984.

Logic of Discovery and Diagnosis in Medicine, University of California Press, edited by Kenneth Schaffner, 1985.

Limitations of Deductivism, University of California Press, edited by Adolf Grünbaum and Wesley Salmon, 1988.

Inference, Explanation, and Other Frustrations: Essays in the Philosophy of Science, University of California Press, edited by John Earman, 1992.

Center for Philosophy of Science Publications in Philosophy of Science

Vol. 1: Frontiers of Science and Philosophy, University Press of America, Inc., 1982. (reprint of volume of same name published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1962)

Vol. 2: Beyond the Edge of Certainty, University Press of America, Inc., 1983. (reprint of volume of same name published by Prentice-Hall Inc., edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1965)

Vol. 3: The Limits of Lawfulness: Studies on the Scope and Nature of Scientific Explanation, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1983.

Vol. 4: Scientific Explanation and Understanding: Essays on Reasoning and Rationality in Science, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1983.

Vol. 5: Mind and Cosmos, University Press of America, Inc., 1983. (reprint of volume of same name published by University of Pittsburgh Press, edited by Robert G. Colodny, 1966

Vol. 6: Reason and Rationality in Natural Science, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1985.

Vol. 7: The Heritage of Logical Positivism, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1985.

Vol. 8: Current Issues in Teleology, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1986.

Vol. 9: Scientific Inquiry in Philosophical Perspective, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1987.

Vol. 10: Leibnizian Inquiries: A Group of Essays, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1989.

Vol. 11: Aesthetic Factors in Natural Science, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1990.

Vol. 12: Evolution, Cognition, and Realism: Studies in Evolutionary Epistemology, University Press of America, Inc., edited by Nicholas Rescher, 1990.

Vol. 13: Thought Experiments in Science and Philosophy, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., edited by Tamara Horowitz and Gerald J. Massey, 1991.

Vol. 14: Scientific Failure, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., edited by Tamara Horowitz and Allen Janis, 1994.

Vol. 15: Philosophy and the Many Faces of Science, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., edited by Dionysios Anapolitanos, Aristides Baltas and Stavroula Tsinorema, 1998.

Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy and History of Science

Philosophical Problems of the Internal and External Worlds: Essays on the Philosophy of Adolf Grünbaum, edited by John Earman, Allen I. Janis, Gerald J. Massey, and Nicholas Rescher, 1993.

Logic, Language, and the Structure of Scientific Theories: Proceedings of the Carnap-Reichenbach Centennial, edited by Wesley Salmon and Gereon Wolters, 1993.

Science, Reason and Rhetoric, edited by Henry Krips, J. E. McGuire and Trevor Melia, 1994.

Concepts, Theories, and Rationality in the Biological Sciences, edited by Gereon Wolters and James G. Lennox in collaboration with Peter McLaughlin, 1995.

The Cosmos of Science: Essays of Exploration, edited by John Earman and John Norton, 1997.

Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science and the Mind, edited by Martin Carrier and Peter Machamer, 1997.

Theory and Method in Neurosciences, edited by Peter Machamer, Peter McLaughlin and Rick Grush, 2000. ISBN 0-8229-4140-6

Science at Century’s End: Philosophical Questions on the Progress and Limits of Science, edited by Martin Carrier, Gerald Massey and Laura Ruetsche, 2000. ISBN 0-8229-4121-X