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Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Books in Order

Science and Its Conceptual Foundations contains 34 books, published between 1985 and 2003. The first book is The Great Devonian Controversy (1985) and the newest is Theory and Reality (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
1985–2003
Pages on record
12,398 in 33 of 34 books
Reading time
207–310 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,398 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 34 titles with a page count on record.

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Science and Its Conceptual Foundations is a scholarly book series of 34 titles published between 1985 and 2003, covering the history and philosophy of science. No single author owns the run: Robert J. Richards is named on three volumes, Douglas M. Jesseph and Paul E. Griffiths on two each, and Martin J.S. Rudwick, Paul M. Churchland, Arthur Fine, Rachel Laudan and David L. Hull on one apiece. The listing opens with The Great Devonian Controversy and Images of Science (1985) and takes in Science As a Process and Explaining Science (1988), Science and Relativism (1990) and Theory and Reality (2003). Realism, quantum theory, evolution and the social aspects of science appear among the recorded subjects.

How many Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books are there?

Science and Its Conceptual Foundations has 34 books, released between 1985 and 2003.

Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Great Devonian Controversy by Martin J.S. Rudwick, book 1 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
  2. Cover of Images of science by Paul M. Churchland, book 2 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1985)
  3. Cover of The Shaky Game by Arthur Fine, book 3 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1986)
  4. Cover of Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior by Robert J. Richards (1987)
  5. Cover of From Mineralogy to Geology by Rachel Laudan, book 5 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1987)
  6. Cover of Science As a Process by David L. Hull, book 6 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1988)
  7. Cover of The Highlands Controversy by David Oldroyd, book 8 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1990)
  8. Cover of Science and Relativism by Larry Laudan, book 9 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1990)
  9. Cover of Reading the Shape of Nature by Mary P. Winsor, book 10 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1991)
  10. Cover of The State of Nature by Gregg Mitman, book 11 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1992)
  11. Cover of Descartes' Metaphysical Physics by Daniel Garber, book 12 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
  12. Cover of The Meaning of Evolution by Robert J. Richards, book 13 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1992)
  13. Cover of The Politics of Evolution, Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London by Adrian J. Desmond (1992)
  14. Cover of Economics--Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? (1992)
  15. Cover of Galileo, Courtier by Mario Biagioli, book 16 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1993)
  16. Cover of Styles of Scientific Thought by Jonathan Harwood, book 17 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
  17. Cover of In the Wake of Chaos by Stephen H. Kellert, book 18 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1993)
  18. Cover of Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics by Douglas M. Jesseph (1993)
  19. Cover of A Social History of Truth by Steven Shapin, book 20 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1994)
  20. Cover of Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine by Kenneth F. Schaffner (1994)
  21. Cover of Durkheim's Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge: Creating an Intellectual Niche by Warren Schmaus
  22. Cover of Instrumental Biology, or The Disunity of Science, book 23 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
  23. Cover of Quantum Mechanics by James T. Cushing, book 24 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1994)
  24. Cover of The Diffident Naturalist by Rose-Mary Sargent, book 25 of the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series (1995)
  1. 1
    The Great Devonian Controversy1985 · 494 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985494
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  2. 2
    Images of science1985 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985309
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  3. 3
    The Shaky Game1986 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986220
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  4. 4
    Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior1987 · 700 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987700
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  5. 5
    From Mineralogy to Geology1987 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987278
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  6. 6
    Science As a Process1988 · 586 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988586
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  7. 7
    Explaining Science1988 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988321
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  8. 8
    The Highlands Controversy1990 · 438 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990438
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  9. 9
    Science and Relativism1990 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990180
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  10. 10
    Reading the Shape of Nature1991 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991324
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  11. 11
    The State of Nature1992 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992290
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  12. 12
    Descartes' Metaphysical Physics1992 · 389 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992389
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  13. 13
    The Meaning of Evolution1992 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992222
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  14. 14
    The Politics of Evolution, Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London1992 · 503 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992503
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  15. 15
    Economics--Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns?1992 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992266
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  16. 16
    Galileo, Courtier1993 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993402
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  17. 17
    Styles of Scientific Thought1993 · 423 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993423
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  18. 18
    In the Wake of Chaos1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993176
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  19. 19
    Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics1993 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993322
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  20. 20
    A Social History of Truth1994 · 483 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994483
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  21. 21
    Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine1994 · 617 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994617
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  22. 22
    Durkheim's Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge: Creating an Intellectual Niche1994 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994314
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  23. 23
    Instrumental Biology, or The Disunity of Science1994 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994193
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  24. 24
    Quantum Mechanics1994 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994317
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  25. 25
    The Diffident Naturalist1995 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995355
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  26. 26
    Biology Takes Form1995 · 414 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995414
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  27. 27
    Modeling Nature1995 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995267
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  28. 28
    What Emotions Really Are1997 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997286
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  29. 29
    Sex and Death1999 · 440 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999440
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  30. 30
    Squaring the Circle2000 · 419 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000419
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  31. 31
    Quantum Dialogue2001 · 365 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001365
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  32. 32
    Reconciling Science and Religion2001 · 479 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001479
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  33. 33
    The Romantic Conception of Life2002 · 606 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002606
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  34. 34
    Theory and Reality2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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Where to start with Science and Its Conceptual Foundations

Start with The Great Devonian Controversy (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Science and Its Conceptual Foundations book?

Theory and Reality (2003) is the newest Science and Its Conceptual Foundations book released so far.

Is there a new Science and Its Conceptual Foundations book coming?

No next Science and Its Conceptual Foundations book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Science and Its Conceptual Foundations at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Science and Its Conceptual Foundations title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
12,398 pages across the 33 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 355 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books, 22 of 34, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 34 titles, 3 are credited to Robert J. Richards, 2 to Douglas M. Jesseph, 2 to Paul E. Griffiths and 1 to Paul M. Churchland. A further 25 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books are about

33 of the 34 Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 18 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 18 of 33 books
  • Philosophy 15 of 33 books
  • Science 11 of 33 books
  • Science, history 4 of 33 books
  • Science, philosophy 4 of 33 books
  • Biology 3 of 33 books
  • Evolution 3 of 33 books
  • Physics 3 of 33 books
  • Quantum theory 3 of 33 books
  • Realism 3 of 33 books
  • Research 3 of 33 books
  • Social aspects 3 of 33 books