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Varieties of Scientific Realism: Objectivity and Truth in Science
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PhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of SciencePhysics
ISBN13: 9783319846972
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jul 21 2018
Pages: 411
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Introduction.- Prologue.- Mario Alai, The Discussions on Scientific Realism Today: The Roles of Objectivity and Truth in Science.- Evandro Agazzi, The Truth of Theories and Scientific Realism.- Realism and Anti-Realism.- Alan Musgrave, Strict Empiricism versus Explanation in Science.- Michel Ghins, Scientific Realism: Representation, Objectivity and Truth.- Marco Buzzoni, Robustness and Scientific Realism.- Thomas Nickles, The Temptations of Scientific Realism: Cognitive Illusions, Objections, and Replies.- Gerhard Vollmer, Why do Theories Fail? An argument for realism.- Recent Conceptions of Scientific Realism.- Stathis Psillos, Scientific Realism and the neo-Aristotelian Conception of Nature.- James Ladyman, On Structural Realism.- Steven French, Realism and the Toolbox of Metaphysics.- Craig Dilworth, The Perspectivist View of Science and Scientific Realism.- Scientific Realism in Empirical Science.- Dennis Dieks, Realism and Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics.- Roland Omnés, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Anew.- Jean Guy Menuier, Objectivity in Cognitive Sciences: The Impact of Computational Models.- Amparo Gomez, Mechanisms, Capacities, and Entity Realism in Social Sciences.- Vladislav Lektorski, Realism as the Methodological Strategy in Cognitive Science.- Mathematics, Objectivity, and Truth.- Gerhard Heinzmann, The Problem of Objectivity in Mathematics.- Reinhard Kahle, Mathematical Truth Revisited.- Jean Petitot, Conceptual Analysis and Computational Synthesis in Mathematical Physics.- Objectivity and Truth.- Jan Wolenski, The semantic definition of Truth and Empirical Theories.- Fabio Minazzi, The Epistemological Problem of the Objectivity of Knowledge.- Hans Lenk, A Scheme-Interpretationist Actionistic Realism.- Alberto Cordero, Retention, Truth-Content and Selective Realism.- Subject Index.- Index of Names.
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