Critical Scientific Realism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
ISBN-10
0199251614
ISBN-13
9780199251612
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 7th, 2002
Print length
355 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledgePhilosophy of science
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Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. This work surveys different kinds of realism in various areas of philosophy, and sets out the author's critical realist philosophy of science, characterizing scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness.
Ilkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of scientific realism, showing that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys the different varieties of realism in ontology, semantics, epistemology, theory construction, and methodology. He then sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories in the philosophy of science. Niiniluoto''s critical scientific realism is founded upon the notion of truth as correspondence between language and reality, and characterizes scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness. This makes it possible not only to take seriously, but also to make precise, the troublesome idea that scientific theories typically are false but nevertheless close to the truth.
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