Park Embracing Scientific Realism

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-87813-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 445, 244 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Synthese Library

This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contributions to the scientific realism debate. Readers will encounter old and new arguments for and against scientific realism. They will also be given useful tips for how to provide influential formulations of scientific realism and antirealism. Finally, they will see how scientific realism relates to scientific progress, scientific understanding, mathematical realism, and scientific practice. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Park, Seungbae

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceChapter 1. In Defense of the No-Miracles ArgumentChapter 2. Critiques of the Pessimistic InductionChapter 3. Critiques of Scientific AntirealismChapter 4. Six New Arguments for Scientific RealismChapter 5. Critiques of Five Variants of Putative RealismChapter 6. Formulating Scientific Realism and AntirealismChapter 7. Scientific Realism and Scientific UnderstandingChapter 8. Scientific Realism and Scientific ProgressChapter 9. Scientific Realism and Mathematical RealismChapter 10. Scientific Realism and Scientific PracticeChapter 11. New Topics for Future DebatesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Seungbae Park received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2001, specializing in philosophy of science under the guidance of Professor Richard Healey. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Maryland, and Pohang University of Science and Technology before coming to his current institution, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, in 2009. He has published papers in journals including Inquiry, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Science, and Social Epistemology. He has served as an anonymous referee for journals including Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and Synthese Library.