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Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) Condition:Well Read presented himself as the vacuousHow does science work? Does it tell us what the world is "really" like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality , Peter Godfrey Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of one hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Intended for undergraduates and general readers with no