I had to get this book for a class. I gave it two stars rather than one because there were a handful of great sections, including those about Popper and Khuntz. However, some of the more conceptual sections (the problem of symmetry argument against the covering law model) left me scratching my head. Ladyman seriously misses the mark on demonstrating the significance of most of the concepts in what feels like a scramble to cover a certain body of topics.