Philosophy of Science: Suggested Core Readings and Background Texts [pdf]
This appears to me to be a reasonably comprehensive list to cover most of the essential HPS syllabus.<p>What worries me about HPS is that it shouldn&#x27;t be studied just on its own, as I see it traditional philosophy ought to be a prerequisite or studied concurrently. As you&#x27;ll note, this list doesn&#x27;t include those texts.<p>Traditional philosophy puts the ethical and logical thinking structures (reasoning processes) in place - it supplies the framework to make HPS more understandable and cohesive.<p><i>(In my opinion, both subjects are increasingly important in the modern world as developments in science, engineering and technology generally have reached such a stage of development that we cannot afford for too much to go wrong - the consequences are too great.  Both phil. and HPS put things into perspective and thus can have a stabilizing influence - that is if we take them seriously and apply them properly.)</i>