A novel defense of scientific realism / Jarrett Leplin.

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Leplin, Jarrett

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford University Press on-linePublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585223513
9780585223513
1602561907
9781602561908
9780195113631
0195113632
1280453885
9781280453885

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Novel defense of scientific realism.DDC classification:

501 20

LOC classification:

Q175.32.R42 .L47 1997eb

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Contents:

1 Truth and the Success of Science 3 -- 2 Conceptions of Novelty 34 -- 3 An Analysis of Novelty 64 -- 4 Applications 83 -- 5 Realism and Novelty 98 -- 6 Counterarguments 136 -- 7 The Future of Realism 178.

Summary: Attempting to reinstate the common-sense idea that theoretical knowledge is achievable, the author of this text accounts for the genesis of the sceptical position, then introduces his argument for Minimalist Scientific Realism.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.

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Attempting to reinstate the common-sense idea that theoretical knowledge is achievable, the author of this text accounts for the genesis of the sceptical position, then introduces his argument for Minimalist Scientific Realism.

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