An Epistemic Foundation for Scientific Realism Defending Realism Without Inference to the Best Explanation /

This monograph develops a new way of justifying the claims made by science about phenomenon not directly observable by humans, such as atoms and black holes. It details a way of making inferences to the existence and properties of unobservable entities and states of affairs that can be given a proba...

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Hlavní autor: Wright, John (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 402
Témata:
Philosophy and science.
Mathematical physics.
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
ISBN:9783030022181
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  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Realism and Reason
  • Chapter 2. The Skeptical Arguments Against Realism- 1: Inductive Skepticism
  • Chapter 3. The Skeptical Arguments - 2: The Pessimistic Meta-Induction
  • Chapter 4. Realism and Inference to the Best Explanation
  • Chapter 5. On the Inference to Unobservables
  • Chapter 6. Underdetermination and Theory Preference
  • Chapter 7. Eddington Inferences in Science - 1: Atoms and Molecules
  • Chapter 8. Eddington Inferences in Science - 2: The Size and Shape of the Universe
  • Bibliography.

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