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An Epistemic Foundation for Scientific Realism
-Defending Realism Without Inference to the Best Explanation-John Wright
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Übersicht
Verlag | : | Springer International Publishing |
Buchreihe | : | Synthese Library (Bd. 402) |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 14. 11. 2018 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 235 mm |
Breite | : | 155 mm |
ISBN | : | 9783030022174 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
John Wright is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published books in philosophy of science, metaphysics and ethics and economics as well as numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.