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Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Science and Its Conceptual Foundations books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series? Start with "The Great Devonian Controversy (By: Martin J.S. Rudwick)" (1985) and follow publication order through all 34 books.
The complete Science and Its Conceptual Foundations reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Great Devonian Controversy (By: Martin J.S. Rudwick)
1985
Images of science (By: Paul M. Churchland)
1985
The Shaky Game (By: Arthur Fine)
1986
Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior (By: Robert J. Richards)
1987
From Mineralogy to Geology (By: Rachel Laudan)
1987
Science As a Process (By: David L. Hull)
1988
Explaining Science (By: Ronald N. Giere)
1988
The Highlands Controversy (By: David Oldroyd)
1990
Science and Relativism (By: Larry Laudan)
1990
Reading the Shape of Nature (By: Mary P. Winsor)
1991
The State of Nature (By: Gregg Mitman)
1992
Descartes' Metaphysical Physics (By: Daniel Garber)
1992
The Meaning of Evolution (By: Robert J. Richards)
1992
The Politics of Evolution, Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London (By: Adrian J. Desmond)
1992
Economics--Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns? (By: Alex Rosenberg)
1992
Galileo, Courtier (By: Mario Biagioli)
1993
Styles of Scientific Thought (By: Jonathan Harwood)
1993
In the Wake of Chaos (By: Stephen H. Kellert)
1993
Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics (By: Douglas M. Jesseph)
1993
A Social History of Truth (By: Steven Shapin)
1994
Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine (By: Kenneth F. Schaffner)
1994
Durkheim's Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge: Creating an Intellectual Niche (By: Warren Schmaus)
1994
Instrumental Biology, or The Disunity of Science (By: Alex Rosenberg)
1994
Quantum Mechanics (By: James T. Cushing)
1994
The Diffident Naturalist (By: Rose-Mary Sargent)
1995
Biology Takes Form (By: Lynn K. Nyhart)
1995
Modeling Nature (By: Sharon E. Kingsland)
1995
What Emotions Really Are (By: Paul E. Griffiths)
1997
Sex and Death (By: Kim Sterelny,Paul E. Griffiths)
1999
Squaring the Circle (By: Douglas M. Jesseph)
2000
Quantum Dialogue (By: Mara Beller)
2001
Reconciling Science and Religion (By: Peter J. Bowler)
2001
The Romantic Conception of Life (By: Robert J. Richards)
2002
Theory and Reality
2003
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