Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 A Preamble on Virtue -- Understanding Virtue -- Growth in Virtue -- Science and Virtue -- A Research Strategy -- 2 Observation -- Qualities -- Perception -- Extending the Power of the Senses -- Observation and the Life of Virtue -- 3 Method -- Preliminary Description of the Objective -- Induction -- Falsification -- Method and Virtue -- 4 Explanation -- The Main Objection -- Pragmatic Aspects of Explanation -- Explanation and Virtue -- 5 Science and History -- Revolution and Personal Value Judgements -- Evaluation of Theories and Growth in Virtue -- 6 Science as a Way of Life -- Philosophy and life -- Science and Life -- Science, the Good Life, and God -- Appendix A: The Hippocratic Oath -- Appendix B: Elements of a Logic of Virtue -- Bibliography -- Index.