A novel defense of scientific realism /

Attempting to reinstate the common-sense idea that theoretical knowledge is achievable, the author of this text accounts for the genesis of the sceptical position, then introduces his argument for Minimalist Scientific Realism.

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Tác giả chính: Leplin, Jarrett
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Loạt:Oxford University Press on-line.
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Mục lục:
  • 1 Truth and the Success of Science 3
  • 2 Conceptions of Novelty 34
  • 3 An Analysis of Novelty 64
  • 4 Applications 83
  • 5 Realism and Novelty 98
  • 6 Counterarguments 136
  • 7 The Future of Realism 178.