Dr Arun Murthi, S K.

History and Philosophy Of Science

Philosophy of Science: In the area of philosophy of science I am interested in the philosophical accounts of scientific theories. The issues that I am specifically concerned is whether in the context of science the philosophical positions like realism and empiricism needs reorientation, the philosophical importance of scientific concepts as part of theory building in science. Here my interests are more towards the foundational concepts in the special sciences and towards the emerging area of phi