This text presents a defence of scientific realism against sceptical and positivist attacks. It relies on the importance of models in scientific work. Using the "type hierarchy", a technique of knowledge representation drawn from artificial intelligence, it provides an account of these models.
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Jerrold L. Aronson is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Binghamton.
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