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050		4	_aB835.N55 1999
082	0		_a149/.2
100	1		_aNiiniluoto, Ilkka.
245	1	0	_aCritical Scientific Realism.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated, _c2000.
264		4	_c©2000.
300			_a1 online resource (356 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aClarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- 1. The Varieties of Realism -- 1.1 The problems of realism -- 1.2 Science and other belief systems -- 1.3 Critical scientific realism and its rivals -- 1.4 Realism and the method of philosophy -- 2. Realism in Ontology -- 2.1 Materialism, dualism, and idealism -- 2.2 Popper's three worlds -- 2.3 Existence, mind-independence, and reality -- 2.4 The world and its furniture -- 2.5 Arguments for ontological realism -- 3. Realism in Semantics -- 3.1 Language as representation -- 3.2 Logical, analytic, and factual truth -- 3.3 How semantics is effable: model theory -- 3.4 Truth as correspondence: Tarski's definition -- 3.5 Truthlikeness -- 4. Realism in Epistemology -- 4.1 Certainty, scepticism, and fallibilism -- 4.2 Knowledge of the external world -- 4.3 Kant's 'Copernican revolution' -- 4.4 Critical epistemological realism -- 4.5 Epistemic probability and verisimilitude -- 4.6 Epistemic theories of truth -- 5. Realism in Theory Construction -- 5.1 Descriptivism, instrumentalism, and realism -- 5.2 Meaning variance, reference, and theoretical terms -- 5.3 Laws, truthlikeness, and idealization -- 5.4 Examples of the realism debate -- 6. Realism in Methodology -- 6.1 Measuring the success of science -- 6.2 Axiology and methodological rules -- 6.3 Theory-choice, underdetermination, and simplicity -- 6.4 From empirical success to truthlikeness -- 6.5 Explaining the success of science -- 6.6 Rationality and progress in science -- 7. Internal Realism -- 7.1 Ways of worldmaking -- 7.2 Putnam on internal realism -- 7.3 World-versions and identified objects -- 8. Relativism -- 8.1 Varieties of relativism -- 8.2 Moral relativism -- 8.3 Cognitive relativism -- 8.4 Feminist philosophy of science -- 9. Social Constructivism -- 9.1 The Edinburgh programme: strong or wrong? -- 9.2 Finitism -- 9.3 Life in laboratory.
505	8		_a10. Realism, Science, and Society -- 10.1 Social reasons for realism and anti-realism -- 10.2 Science as a cultural value -- 10.3 Science in a free society -- References -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
520			_aIlkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of realism in the philosophy of science. Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys different kinds of realism in various areas of philosophy, then sets out his own critical realist philosophy of science, characterizing scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness, and defends this theory against its rivals.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aRealism.
650		0	_aScience -- Philosophy.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aNiiniluoto, Ilkka _tCritical Scientific Realism _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2000 _z9780198238331
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aClarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3052822 _zClick to View
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