Scientific Realism

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leplin, Jarrett
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
Realism.
Science.
Réalisme.
Sciences.
science (modern discipline)
Realism
Science
Science > Philosophy
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

Similar Items