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A metaphysics for scientific realism : knowing the unobservable /
Scientific realism is the view that our best scientific theories give approximately true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of a mind-independent world. Debates between realists and their critics are at the very heart of the philosophy of science. Anjan Chakravartty traces the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Scientific realism today. Realism and antirealism : metaphysics and empiricism
- Selective scepticism : entity realism, structural realism, semirealism
- Properties, particulars, and concrete structures
- pt. II. Metaphysical foundations. Causal realism and causal processes
- Dispositions, property identity, and laws of nature
- Sociability : natural and scientific kinds
- pt. III. Theory meets world. Representing and describing : theories and models
- Approximate truths about approximate truth.