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Defense of a Modest Scientific Realism
2004We examine some basic epistemological problems (notably the underde-termination of theory by evidence) and discuss the difficulties faced by both realism and instrumentalism. We also offer some brief comments on radical relativism and radical redefinitions of truth.
Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
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In Defense of Relational Direct Realism
European Journal of Philosophy, 2011Abstract: According to proponents of relational direct realism, veridical perceptual experiences are irreducibly relational mental states that include as constituents perceived physical objects or intrinsic aspects of them. One consequence of the theory is the rejection of the causal theory of perception. This paper defends the relational
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In Defense of Democratic Realism
2005ON FEBRUARY 10, 2004, I delivered the Irving Kristol Lecture to the American Enterprise Institute outlining a theory of foreign policy that I called democratic realism. It was premised on the notion that the 1990s were a holiday from history, an illusory period during which we imagined that the existential struggles of the past six decades against the ...
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2006
This thesis will explain in detail two closely related but jointly defensible moral realist positions. I show how each position responds to the initial dilemma of whether moral judgments are propositions. Following this discussion, I defend this combined position against an objection that the position is inherently contradictory.
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This thesis will explain in detail two closely related but jointly defensible moral realist positions. I show how each position responds to the initial dilemma of whether moral judgments are propositions. Following this discussion, I defend this combined position against an objection that the position is inherently contradictory.
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In partial defense of socialist realism
Crime, Law and Social Change, 1991While left realist discourse emerged out of the specific politics of policing in England and Wales, its relative importance for progressive criminology generally has been the subject of much debate. On the one hand, the advocates of left realism have consistently argued that the local crime survey provides an empirical basis for understanding crime ...
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A Novel Defense of Scientific Realism
1997Abstract Vigorous and controversial, this book develops a sustained argument for a realist interpretation of science, based on a new analysis of the concept of predictive novelty. Identifying a form of success achieved in science—the successful prediction of novel empirical results—which can be explained only by attributing some measure ...
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In Defense of Realism and Scientism
1986Tennessen wishes to kill several birds with a single shot: sensationalism, realism, and scientism. We agree that the former is untenable, but I will try to defend the other two, which are birds of a different feather.
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Systematic Review of Comparative Studies of the Impact of Realism in Immersive Virtual Experiences
ACM Computing Surveys, 2023Guilherme GonÇalves +2 more
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A novel defense of scientific realism
Choice Reviews Online, 1998Husain Sarkar, Jarrett Leplin
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