Wei Wang is a professor of philosophy of science in the Department of History of Science at Tsinghua University.

The book provides a succinct and issue-centered introduction to the Western philosophy of science, bringing eight focal issues in the field to the fore and augments each topic by incorporating Chinese perspectives.

1. Introduction 2. Historical Introduction 3. Introduction to Logic 4. Criteria of Cognitive Significance 5. Induction and Confirmation 6. Scientific Explanation Models and Their Problems 7. Theories about the Growth of Scientific Knowledge 8. Demarcation between Science and Pseudoscience 9. Scientific Realism 10. Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation 11. Science and Values 12. New Developments in Philosophy of Science