This volume provides a basic introduction to the philosophy of science and its central concepts, theories, and philosophical, scientific, and spatial positions and approaches. The content Introduction - Logical propaedeutics - Philosophy of science - Philosophical foundations and Positions The Contextualization of Science I: time The Contextualization of science II: social bonds Understandings of space and theories of space Lines and breaks of development in geography Sketch of a disciplinary history Conclusion The authors Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Working Group Urban and Regional Development. Dr. Karsten Berr, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Working Group Urban and Regional Development.