Chalmers’ book has become a quiet staple in philosophy departments for good reason.

First published in the 1970s and revised across decades, it asks a deceptively simple question and then dismantles every easy answer. Induction, falsification, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend — each is introduced clearly, then tested for cracks.

A book that treats and dissects scientific knowledge as historically situated, theory-laden and socially embedded, but still worth taking seriously. It’s an accessible map of twentieth-century philosophy of science, written before the field became aggressively specialised.

A strong bridge text: readable enough for curious people but still rigorous enough for undergraduates.