附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330) and index.
Part Part I Empiricism and the realist turn -- chapter 1 Empiricism and theoretical discourse -- chapter 2 Theories as instruments? -- chapter 3 Carnap's neutralism -- chapter 4 In defence of scientific realism -- part Part II Sceptical challenges -- chapter 5 Resisting the pessimistic induction -- chapter 6 Historical illustrations -- chapter 7 Worrall's structural realism -- chapter 8 Underdetermination undermined -- part Part III Recent alternatives to realism -- chapter 9 Constructive empiricism scrutinised -- chapter 10 NOA, cognitive perfection and entity realism -- part Part IV Refilling the realist toolbox -- chapter 11 Truth-likeness -- chapter 12 Reference of theoretical terms.
摘要:Scientific Realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it to be. In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study, which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. We see that throughout the twentieth century, scientific realism has been challenged by philosophical positions from all angles: from reductive empiricism, to instrumentalism and modern skeptical empiricism. Scientific Realism explains that the history of science does not undermine the notion o.
