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. In this book, the author traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising recent strategies adopt...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge u.a.
Cambridge Univ. Press
2007
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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. |
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Beschreibung: | XVII, 251 S. |
ISBN: | 9780521876490 978-0-521-87649-0 |