A Novel Defense of Scientific Realism
Oxford University Press (1997)
| Abstract | Leplin attempts to reinstate the common sense idea that theoretical knowledge is achievable, indeed that its achievement is part of the means to progress in empirical knowledge. He sketches the genesis of the skeptical position, then introduces his argument for Minimalist Scientific Realism -- the requirement that novel predicitons be explained, and the claim that only realism about scientific theories can explain the importance of novel prediction. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Realism Science Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | Q175.32.R42.L46 1997 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0195113632 9780195113631 | |||||||||
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