Varieties of scientific realism objectivity and truth in science / Evandro Agazzi, editor.
Agazzi, Evandro, editor.
2017
Q175.32.R42
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Title
Varieties of scientific realism objectivity and truth in science / Evandro Agazzi, editor.
ISBN
9783319516080 (electronic book)
3319516086 (electronic book)
3319516078
9783319516073
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51608-0
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
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English
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1 online resource.
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10.1007/978-3-319-51608-0 doi
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Q175.32.R42
Dewey Decimal Classification
501
Summary
This book offers a comprehensive update on the scientific realism debate, enabling readers to gain a novel appreciation of the role of objectivity and truth in science and to understand fully the various ways in which antirealist conceptions have been subjected to challenge over recent decades. Authoritative representatives of different philosophical traditions explain their perspectives on the meaning and validity of scientific realism and describe the strategies being adopted to counter persisting antirealist positions. The coverage extends beyond the usual discussion of realism within the context of the natural sciences, and especially physics, to encompass also its applicability in mathematics, logic, and the human sciences. The book will appeal to all with an interest in the recent realist epistemologies of science, the nature of current philosophical debate, and the ongoing rehabilitation of truth as the legitimate goal of scientific research.
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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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