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Table Of Contents

Volume I: Epistemology

Cover Art (coming soon)

Dedication

Preface To The Zeroth Edition

Beaks And Claws

Introduction

Chapter I: Cosmos And Chaos

Chapter II: Reason

Chapter III: Logic

Chapter IV: Mathematics

Chapter V: Computation

Chapter VI: Information

Chapter VII: Objectivity

Chapter VIII: Dispassionate

Chapter IX: Natural Philosophy

Chapter X: Empiricism

Chapter XI: Knowledge As Provisional

Chapter XII: Reductionism And Emergence

Chapter XIII: Consilience

Chapter XIV: Determinism

Chapter XV: Mechanical Philosophy

Chapter XVI: Laws And Facts, Theories And Data

Chapter XVII: Descriptive And Normative Theory

Chapter XVIII: In-Principle And In-Practice

Chapter XIX: Elegance And Complexity

Chapter XX: Conservativism And Progress

Chapter XXI: Intellectual Honesty

Chapter XXII: Scrutiny And Skepticism

Chapter XXIII: The Scientific Ethic

Chapter XXIV: peer review

Chapter XXV: Baselines And Null Hypotheses

Chapter XXVI: Approximation

Chapter XXVII: Common Sense

Chapter XXVIII: Heuristics

Chapter XXIX: Methodology

Chapter XXX: Statistics, Probabilities, And Games

Chapter XXXI: The Sociology Of Scientists

Chapter XXXII: The Laws Of Philosophy Of Science

Appendices

Acknowledgments

Appendix I: Pseudo-Science And Anti-Science

Appendix II: Further Logic And Mathematics Reference (coming in a future edition)

Bibliography And Recommended Works

About The Author


Volume II: Ontology

Chapter XXXIII: Cosmology (coming soon)

Chapter XXXIV: Astronomy (coming soon)

Chapter XXXV: Physics (coming soon)

Chapter XXXVI: Chemistry (coming soon)

Chapter XXXVII: Biology (coming soon)

Chapter XXXVIII: Psychology (coming soon)

Chapter XXXIX: Economics (coming soon)

Chapter XXXX: Sociology (coming soon)

Chapter XXXXI: History And Politics (coming soon)


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