Review of History of Philosophy of Science Books

The Rational Reconstruction of the History of Philosophy of Science John Losee,  The Golden Age of Philosophy of Science 1945 to 2000: Logical Constructionism, Descriptivism, Normative Naturalism, and Foundationalism . London–New York: Bloomsbury, 2020. ISBN:  9781350169135, 319 pages, paperback, $39.95     History of philosophy of science is a relatively new field where systematic philosophers, historians, sociologists are working together to get a clearer picture of the unfolding of what is called “philosophy of science”. Since we are talking about the history of a  concrete discipline , its practice consists of hundreds, if not thousands of years, thus ranging from Aristotle to Carnap and beyond. Nonetheless, one of the major focuses of historians has been the twentieth century; the main reason is that in the last few decades, philosophy of science became institutionalized, funded, and professionally practiced in journals, conference proceedings, and congresses. It has matured, so t