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Critiques of Minimal Realism [PDF]
Saatsi’s minimal realism holds that science makes theoretical progress. It is designed to get around the pessimistic induction, to fall between scientific realism and instrumentalism, and to explain the success of scientific theories.
Park, Seungbae
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Non-defensible middle ground for experimental realism: Why we are justified to believe in colored quarks [PDF]
Experimental realism aims at striking a middle ground between scientific realism and anti-realism, between the success of experimental physics it would explain and the realism about scientific theories it would supplant. This middle ground reinstates the
Massimi, M
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There are many terms that denote the invasion of the inexplicable into a realistic narrative, such as: magical realism, fantastic realism, mystical realism, spiritual realism, transcendental realism, metaphysical realism, Christian realism, etc.
Vitaliy Alexandrovich Gavrikov
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Resisting Reductive Realism [PDF]
Ethicists struggle to take reductive views seriously. They also have trouble conceiving of some supervenience failures.
Laskowski, N. G.
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Algorithmic realism: expanding the boundaries of algorithmic thought
Although computer scientists are eager to help address social problems, the field faces a growing awareness that many well-intentioned applications of algorithms in social contexts have led to significant harm.
Ben Green, Salomé Viljöen
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The Anti-Induction for Scientific Realism [PDF]
In contemporary philosophy of science, the no-miracles argument and the pessimistic induction are regarded as the strongest arguments for and against scientific realism, respectively. In this paper, I construct a new argument for scientific realism which
Park, Seungbae
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Two Dogmas of Structural Realism. A Confirmation of a Philosophical Death Foretold
Twenty years ago John Worrall offered an alleged non-standard viable form of scientific realism under the name structural realism. Structural realism was supposed to be both an alternative to standard scientific realism and viable form of realism.
Andrés Rivadulla
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VR Realism Scale-Revalidation of contemporary VR headsets on a Polish sample.
This paper presents validation of the VR Simulation Realism Scale on a Polish sample. The scale enables a self-report measurement of perceived realism of a virtual environment in four main aspects of such realism-scene realism, audience behavior realism,
Natalia Lipp+5 more
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The essay presents the traits of what has recently been called new realism in philosophy, arguing that this new trend aims at engaging with the existence of certain classes of objects, trying to avoid devolving to scientific thinking all questions about ...
Maurizio Ferraris
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Making metaethics work for AI: realism and anti-realism [PDF]
Engineering an artificial intelligence to play an advisory role in morally charged decision making will inevitably introduce meta-ethical positions into the design.
Frank, Lily E., Klincewicz, Michal
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