˜Aœ 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. In this book, the author traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising recent strategies adopt...

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Weitere Verfasser: Chakravartty, Anjan (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung: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. In this book, the author traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising recent strategies adopted by its proponents.
Beschreibung:XVII, 251 S.
ISBN:9780521876490
978-0-521-87649-0