An Outline of the Philosophy of Science in the Twentieth Century
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Prof. dr. Gregg Jaeger
Boston University,
Boston, MA 02215 USA
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Introductory paragraph:
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"In this century, the philosophy of science reached a new level of
prominence, to the extant that central issues of philosophy proper,
such as the debate between Realism and Antirealism, centered on it.
This is not the result of some simple turn of philosophical fashion,
but rather a raction to the prime position of science in modern life.
The philosophy of science has become not only an investigation of
philosophical questions in the context of science, but also a science
of science itself - that is, an analysis of scientific methodology.
My central aim here is to get to the heart of this branch of philosophy
as it is now, for the benefit of those wishing to contemplate it 
either for the first time or from a very broad perspective."