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Surrealism Is Not an Alternative to Scientific Realism [PDF]
, 2019 Surrealism holds that observables behave as if T were true, whereas scientific realism holds that T is true. Surrealism and scientific realism give different explanations of why T is empirically adequate.
Park, Seungbae
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Philosophy of Chemistry against Standard Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism
Philosophia Scientiæ, 2015 In this paper, it is suggested that philosophy of chemistry can be seen as having quite a central role in the post-Kuhnian philosophy of science in general, and in analysing the scientificc realism vs anti-realism debate in standard philosophy of science,
Rein Vihalemm
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The Anti-Induction for Scientific Realism [PDF]
, 2018 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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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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Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 2021 This paper considers and aims to advance the discussion on the reconciliation of scientific realism with the pessimistic induction argument. It presents a novel argument in favour of scientific realism based on the correspondence relationship between ...
Janina Buczkowska
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Critiques of Axiological Realism and Surrealism [PDF]
, 2020 Lyons’s (2003, 2018) axiological realism holds that science pursues true theories. I object that despite its name, it is a variant of scientific antirealism, and is susceptible to all the problems with scientific antirealism.
Park, Seungbae
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Creativity Studies, 2017 Individual realism asserts that our best scientific theories are (approximately) true. In contrast, selective realism asserts that only the stable posits of our best scientific theories are true.
Seungbae Park
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Models, Brains, and Scientific Realism [PDF]
, 2006 Prediction Error Minimization theory (PEM) is one of the most promising attempts to model perception in current science of mind, and it has recently been advocated by some prominent philosophers as Andy Clark and Jakob Hohwy. Briefly, PEM maintains that “
Sterpetti, Fabio
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How to Overcome Antirealists’ Objections to Scientific Realism [PDF]
, 2019 Van Fraassen contends that there is no argument that rationally compels us to disbelieve a successful theory, T. I object that this contention places upon him the burden of showing that scientific antirealists’ favorite arguments, such as the pessimistic
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Does Scientific Realism Beg the Question?
Informal Logic, 1996 In a series of influential articles, the anti-realist Arthur Fine has repeatedly charged that a certain very popular argument for scientific realism, that only realism can explain the instrumental success of science, begs the question. I argue that on no
Geoffrey Gorham
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