Philosophy of Science (At the end of the twentieth century), Revised Edition

Philosophy of science (henceforth PoS) is primarily a sub-discipline of philosophy that has science as its subject of interest. Being interdisciplinary in nature, there are some specific challenges involved while engaging with PoS. For instance, given that enquiries in PoS draw from two different disciplines, it becomes difficult to identify where science ends and philosophy begins. Moreover, in the backdrop of the historical tension between the two disciplines and the present privilege of science as the dominant discipline of knowledge, the relevance of philosophy for science is not straightforwardly granted and the onus is laid on PoS to prove its usefulness. To this list, we can also add the locale-specific problems pertaining to humanities and science education in India.