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Realism Rescued: How Scientific Progress is Possible - Hardcover

Aronson, Jerrold L.; Harre, Rom; Way, Eileen Cornell

 
9780812692884: Realism Rescued: How Scientific Progress is Possible
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0812692888 ISBN 13: 9780812692884
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Jerrold L. Aronson is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

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Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0812692888
ISBN 13 
9780812692884
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
233