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Embracing Scientific Realism

Autor Seungbae Park
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This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contributions to the scientific realism debate. Readers will encounter old and new arguments for and against scientific realism. They will also be given useful tips for how to provide influential formulations of scientific realism and antirealism. Finally, they will see how scientific realism relates to scientific progress, scientific understanding, mathematical realism, and scientific practice. 

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030878153
ISBN-10: 3030878155
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: X, 244 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2022
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Preface.- Chapter 1. In Defense of the No-Miracles Argument.- Chapter 2. Critiques of the Pessimistic Induction.- Chapter 3. Critiques of Scientific Antirealism.- Chapter 4. Six New Arguments for Scientific Realism.- Chapter 5. Critiques of Five Variants of Putative Realism.- Chapter 6. Formulating Scientific Realism and Antirealism.- Chapter 7. Scientific Realism and Scientific Understanding.- Chapter 8. Scientific Realism and Scientific Progress.- Chapter 9. Scientific Realism and Mathematical Realism.- Chapter 10. Scientific Realism and Scientific Practice.- Chapter 11. New Topics for Future Debates.- Index.

Recenzii

“The book is densely written and offers philosophers of science a lot of material they can use … .” (Jan Arreman, Metascience, May 21, 2022)

Notă biografică

Seungbae Park received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2001, specializing in philosophy of science under the guidance of Professor Richard Healey. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Maryland, and Pohang University of Science and Technology before coming to his current institution, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, in 2009. He has published papers in journals including Inquiry, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Science, and Social Epistemology. He has served as an anonymous referee for journals including Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and Synthese Library.

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This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contributions to the scientific realism debate. Readers will encounter old and new arguments for and against scientific realism. They will also be given useful tips for how to provide influential formulations of scientific realism and antirealism. Finally, they will see how scientific realism relates to scientific progress, scientific understanding, mathematical realism, and scientific practice.

Caracteristici

This book offers the comprehensive display of the epistemic and pragmatic advantages of scientific realism This book gives useful tips for how to provide influential formulations of scientific realism and antirealism This book provides several new topics for future debates between scientific realists and antirealists