Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science: Scientific Realism and Commonsense - Softcover

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9789401728638: Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science: Scientific Realism and Commonsense
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ISBN 10: 9401728631 ISBN 13: 9789401728638
Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Scientific Realism and Commonsense; T.D. Lyons, S. Clarke. Realism Through Manipulation, and by Hypothesis; R. Nola. Chalmer's Defence of Scientific Realism against Cartwright; S. Clarke. Scientific Realism and the Empirical Nature of Methodology: Bayesians, Error Statisticians, and Statistical Inference; H. Kincaid. Scientific Realism and the Pessimistic Meta-Modus Tollens; T.D. Lyons. Miracle or Mystery? Hypotheses and Predictions in Rankine's Thermodynamics; K. Hutchison. Putnam's No-Miracle Argument: a Critique; M. Ghins. Some Surprising Phenomena and Some Unsatisfactory Explanations of Them; J. Wright. Marks of Irrationality; L. Bortolotti. Implications of Inquiry: a Pragmatist View of the Scientific and Manifest Image; H.C.D.G. De Regt. Human Agency, Realism and the New Essentialism; B. Ellis. Notes on contributors. Index.

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Springer
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9401728631
ISBN 13 
9789401728638
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
244
Editor
Clarke S, Lyons T D

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