| Description |
xxiii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Australasian studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 17 |
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Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 17
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| Contents |
Introduction: Scientific Realism and Commonsense / Timothy D. Lyons and Steve Clarke -- Realism Through Manipulation, and by Hypothesis / Robert Nola -- Chalmers' Defence of Scientific Realism against Cartwright / Steve Clarke -- Scientific Realism and the Empirical Nature of Methodology: Bayesians, Error Statisticians, and Statistical Inference / Harold Kincaid -- Scientific Realism and the Pessimistic Meta-Modus Tollens / Timothy D. Lyons -- Miracle or Mystery? Hypotheses and Predictions in Rankine's Thermodynamics / Keith Hutchison -- Putnam's No-Miracle Argument: a Critique / Michel Ghins -- Some Surprising Phenomena and Some Unsatisfactory Explanations of Them / John Wright -- Marks of Irrationality / Lisa Bortolotti -- Implications of Inquiry: a Pragmatist View of the Scientific and Manifest Image / Herman C. D. G. De Regt -- Human Agency, Realism and the New Essentialism / Brian Ellis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Realism.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Clarke, Steve, 1964-
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Lyons, Timothy D.
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| LC no. |
2002029693 |
| ISBN |
1402008317 alkaline paper |
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1402008317 hardback alkaline paper |
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