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1. Introduction

  • Jarrett Leplin
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Scientific Realism
This chapter is in the book Scientific Realism
© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Preface VII
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. 2. A Case for Scientific Realism 8
  6. 3. The Current Status of Scientific Realism 41
  7. 4. The Natural Ontological Attitude 83
  8. 5. The Path from Data to Theory 108
  9. 6. What Kind of Explanation is Truth? 124
  10. 7. What is Realism? 140
  11. 8. Experimentation and Scientific Realism 154
  12. 9. Explanation and Realism 173
  13. 10. Truth and Scientific Progress 193
  14. 11. A Confutation of Convergent Realism 218
  15. 12. To Save the Phenomena 250
  16. Index of Names 261
  17. Index of Subjects 265
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520337442-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Preface VII
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. 2. A Case for Scientific Realism 8
  6. 3. The Current Status of Scientific Realism 41
  7. 4. The Natural Ontological Attitude 83
  8. 5. The Path from Data to Theory 108
  9. 6. What Kind of Explanation is Truth? 124
  10. 7. What is Realism? 140
  11. 8. Experimentation and Scientific Realism 154
  12. 9. Explanation and Realism 173
  13. 10. Truth and Scientific Progress 193
  14. 11. A Confutation of Convergent Realism 218
  15. 12. To Save the Phenomena 250
  16. Index of Names 261
  17. Index of Subjects 265
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