Embracing Scientific Realism

ISBN-13: 9783030878122 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Seungbae Park

Opis

This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contributions to the scientific realism debate. Readers will encounter old and new arguments for and against scientific realism. They will also be given useful tips for how to provide influential formulations of scientific realism and antirealism. Finally, they will see how scientific realism relates to scientific progress, scientific understanding, mathematical realism, and scientific practice. 

Recenzje

"The book is densely written and offers philosophers of science a lot of material they can use ... ." (Jan Arreman, Metascience, May 21, 2022)

Spis treści

Preface

Chapter 1. In Defense of the No-Miracles Argument

Chapter 2. Critiques of the Pessimistic Induction

Chapter 3. Critiques of Scientific Antirealism

Chapter 4. Six New Arguments for Scientific Realism

Chapter 5. Critiques of Five Variants of Putative Realism

Chapter 6. Formulating Scientific Realism and Antirealism

Chapter 7. Scientific Realism and Scientific Understanding

Chapter 8. Scientific Realism and Scientific Progress

Chapter 9. Scientific Realism and Mathematical Realism

Chapter 10. Scientific Realism and Scientific Practice

Chapter 11. New Topics for Future Debates

Index

O autorze

Seungbae Park received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2001, specializing in philosophy of science under the guidance of Professor Richard Healey. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Maryland, and Pohang University of Science and Technology before coming to his current institution, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, in 2009. He has published papers in journals including Inquiry, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Science, and Social Epistemology. He has served as an anonymous referee for journals including Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and Synthese Library.