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Philosophy of language and the challenge to scientific realism /
"In the book Christopher Norris develops the case for scientific realism by tackling various adversary arguments from a range of anti-realist positions. Through a close critical reading he shows how they fail to make adequate sense on any rational, consistent, and scientifically informed survey...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Colección: | Critical realism--interventions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter Introduction
- chapter 1 Philosophy of language and the realism issue
- chapter 2 The expert, the neophyte, and the X-ray tube
- Hanson on 'seeing aspects
- chapter 3 Philosophy of science as history of the present
- chapter 4 Hanson on Wittgenstein, conceptual change, and quantum discontinuity
- chapter 5 Saving appearances: the linguistic turn and post-empiricist philosophy of science
- The linguistic turn and post- empiricist philosophy of science
- chapter 6 Quantum mechanics and the limits of empiricism
- Recent challenges to the orthodox theory
- chapter 7 Twin-Earth revisited
- Modal realism and causal explanation.