Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science:
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1. Verfasser: Sankey, Howard (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham Ashgate Pub. 2008
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Beschreibung:Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Scientific Realism; 2 The God's Eye Point of View; 3 Truth and Entity Realism; 4 Incommensurability and the Language of Science; 5 Induction and Natural Kinds; 6 Methodological Pluralism, Normative Naturalism and the Realist Aim of Science; 7 Realism, Method and Truth; 8 Why is it Rational to Believe Scientific Theories are True?; Bibliography; Index
This book presents a clear formulation and addresse a the major arguments for scientific realism. Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature
Beschreibung:163 pages
ISBN:9780754693024
0754693023

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