近日，教育部公布了第九届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）获奖成果名单。科学史系王巍教授著作Philosophy of Science: An Introduction to the Central Issues获“著作论文奖”三等奖。
教育部高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）旨在表彰奖励高校哲学社会科学工作者取得的突出成绩，展示高校社科界服务党和国家事业发展的重大理论与实践成果，推动高校加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学。
中文简介：
Philosophy of Science: An Introduction to the Central Issues是应国际知名出版社Routledge之邀，将中文版的《科学哲学问题研究》（第二版）译成英文。在翻译过程中，特别针对国际读者增加了诸多中国古代与当代的哲学文献，让国际科学哲学界了解中国视角。
本书是对一般科学哲学的全面梳理，主要议题包括：认知意义，归纳与验证，科学说明，科学发展模式，科学划界，科学实在论，科学实验，科学与价值，相对主义等。既继承了科学哲学正宗源头逻辑经验主义的逻辑分析风格，也注意吸收科学哲学后期的库恩主义的历史调研方法。
英文简介：
The book is a translation of the second edition of a much-used and research-based Chinese textbook. As a succinct and issue-based introduction to the Western philosophy of science, the book brings eight focal issues in the field to the fore and augments each topic by incorporating Chinese perspectives.
Followed by an overview of the historical framework and logical underpinnings of the philosophy of science, the book thoroughly discusses eight issues in the discipline: (1) the criteria of cognitive meaning, (2) induction and confirmation, (3) scientific explanation, (4) theories of scientific growth, (5) the demarcation between science and pseudoscience, (6) scientific realism and empiricism; (7) the philosophy of scientific experimentation, (8) science and value. Not confined to Western mainstream discourse in this field, the book also introduces voices of Chinese philosophers of note and adopts a stance that productively combines logical empiricism and Kuhnianism, both of which tend to be covered in less detail by many English language textbooks. In the final chapter the author offers a prognosis regarding the future of the discipline based on recent trends.
This book will be of value to students who study philosophy of science and hope to gain a better understanding of science and technology.
