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Scientific Realism

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leplin, Jarrett
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2022.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Case for Scientific Realism
  • 3. The Current Status of Scientific Realism
  • 4. The Natural Ontological Attitude
  • 5. The Path from Data to Theory
  • 6. What Kind of Explanation is Truth?
  • 7. What is Realism?
  • 8. Experimentation and Scientific Realism
  • 9. Explanation and Realism
  • 10. Truth and Scientific Progress
  • 11. A Confutation of Convergent Realism
  • 12. To Save the Phenomena
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects