Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science - Hardcover

Sankey, Howard

 
9780754658887: Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754658880 ISBN 13: 9780754658887
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit. This book articulates and defends that position. In presenting a clear formulation and addressing the major arguments for scientific realism Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature.

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About the Author

Professor Howard Sankey is Associate Professor and Head of Department at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754658880
ISBN 13 
9780754658887
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
162

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