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Extensional scientific realism vs. intensional scientific realism [PDF]
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 2016 Extensional scientific realism is the view that each believable scientific theory is supported by the unique first-order evidence for it and that if we want to believe that it is true, we should rely on its unique first-order evidence. In contrast, intensional scientific realism is the view that all believable scientific theories have a common feature ...
Seungbae Park
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Inconsistency and scientific realism [PDF]
Synthese, 2014 I erect a framework within the semantic view of theories for explaining the empirical success of internally inconsistent models and theories, with scientific realism in mind. The framework is an instance of the ‘content-driven’ approach to inconsistency, advocated by both Norton (1987) and Smith (1988), whose ideas my analysis aims to clarify and ...
Saatsi, Juha
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Belief‐Ful Realism and Scientific Realism
Zygon, 2001 Despite tensions between Tillich's category of belief‐ful realism and a view of science that embraces metaphysical and epistemological realism, a constructive relationship can be developed between the two.
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Scientific Realism and Anti-realism in Quine’s Philosophy [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2021 In this essay, we try to address a fundamental issue in the philosophy of science, namely the conflict between realism and antirealism in Quine's philosophy.
Amir Hajizadeh
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Evaluation of the Argument of "Unconceived Alternatives" from the Perspective of Bhaskar's Critical Realism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2023 Scientific realism has always faced continuous criticisms from scientific anti-realists. Kyle Stanford's "unconceived alternatives" argument can be seen as a late and troublesome version of these challenges.
Amir Sharifipour +2 more
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CORRESPONDENCE AGAIN? INTERNAL REALISM AND THRUTH
Problemos, 1998 The paper deals with the relation between realism and (neo)pragmatism in the contemporary philosophy of science by investigating two rival positions: Ilkka Niiniluoto’s "critical scientific realism" and Hilary Putnam’s "internal realism." The crucial ...
Sami Pihlström
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The Relationship between Scientific Realism and Scientific Progress Accounts [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2023 One of the most significant topics in the philosophy of science literature is the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. In recent years, a considerable amount of literature has emerged on scientific progress accounts.
Siavash Mazdapour, Mostafa Taqavi
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Evolutionary Approach to Realism [PDF]
روش شناسی علوم انسانی, 2020 Common sense realism and scientific realism are two metaphysical thesis. The former accepts the existence of the observable entities of common sense knowledge and the later accepts the unobservable entities necessary for the well-established scientific ...
Farshid Daneshpajooh +2 more
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‘Emerging contrary result’ phenomenon and scientific realism [PDF]
Panoeconomicus, 2021 The article is aimed at reconsidering the question if the project of econometrics can be read in line with scientific realism. Previously, the methodological literature focused on the philosophy of econometrics, voices criticizing realist interpretations
Maziarz Mariusz
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Scientific Representation and Realism
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2011 After a brief presentation of what I take to be the representational démarche in science, I stress the fundamental role of true judgements in model construction.
Michel Ghins
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