Description |
vii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Series |
Campus ; 323 |
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Campus (Berkeley, Calif.) ; 323
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Contents |
A case for scientific realism / Ernan McMullin -- Current status of scientific realism / Richard N. Boyd -- Natural ontological attitude / Arthur Fine -- Path from data to theory / Ronald Laymon -- What kind of explanation is truth? / Michael Levin -- What is realism? / Hilary Putnam -- Experimentation and scientific realism / Ian Hacking -- Explanation and realism / Clark Glymour -- Truth and scientific progress / Jarrett Leplin -- Confutation of convergent realism / Larry Laudan -- To save the phenomena / Bas C. van Fraassen |
Analysis |
Scientific realism |
Notes |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
Subject |
Realism.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Author |
Leplin, Jarrett.
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LC no. |
84040311 |
ISBN |
0520051556 (hard) |
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0520053265 (paperback) |
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