Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth
Stathis Psillos
Psillos defends scientific realism along naturalistic lines against many positivist and post-positivist empiricist challenges, e.g as articulated by Duhem, Carnap, Laudan, Worrall, van Fraassen, and Fine. His command of empiricist philosophy is impressive (at least to me) and renders this book an excellent introduction to the current debate. Constructivism, however, is not treated here. The arguments are detailed and plausible and can be reconstructed by philosophically oriented scientists. The focus is on the physical sciences, and I wonder whether Psillos' conception of natural kinds would be all that successful in biological, historical, or social sciences. Nevertheless, the amount of synthesis of arguments in this book makes it a very valuable resource.
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Anno:
1999
Edizione:
First Edition
Casa editrice:
Routledge
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
360
ISBN 10:
0203979648
ISBN 13:
9780415208185
Collana:
Philosophical Issues in Science
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