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Critical Scientific Realism

Name: Critical Scientific Realism
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 04034691
Price: 98.19 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Ilkka Niiniluoto
ISBN: 9780199251612

Ilkka Niiniluoto

Language

English

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Libristo code: 04034691

Publishers Oxford University Press, February 2002

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Ilkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of scientific realism, showing that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys the different varieties of realism in ontology, semantics, epistemology, theory construction, and methodology. He then sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories in the philosophy of science. Niiniluoto's critical scientific realism is founded upon the notion of truth as correspondence between language and reality, and characterizes scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness. This makes it possible not only to take seriously, but also to make precise, the troublesome idea that scientific theories typically are false but nevertheless close to the truth.