Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Much has happened in the field of contemporary epistemology since Quine's "e;Epistemology Naturalized"e; was published in 1969. Even before Ronald Giere published his article "e;Philosophy of Science Naturalized,"e; naturalized philosophy of science had been influenced by the so-called historical approach. Kuhm, Lakatos, Feyerabend and Laudan all contributed importantly to this trend. In this light it has emerged, without a doubt, that philosophy of science is closely related to epistemology. This volume explores some of the relevant relations and will be of interest to epistemologists and philosophers of science.