McKenzie, Kerry (2018) Being realistic: the challenge of theory change for a metaphysics of scientific realism. Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 9 (1). pp. 136-142. ISSN 1913-0465

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Abstract

Chakravartty (2007) and others have pressed that the defender of scientific realism needs to supply a metaphysical story, most saliently a modal story, of how knowledge of the unobservable can be possible. Here I consider the challenge the problem of theory change poses to theories of modal metaphysics.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID McKenzie, Kerry
Keywords:	Scientific Realism; Epistemic Issues; Epistemology of Science
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Jordan Miller
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2021 13:38
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2021 13:38
Item ID:	17832
Journal or Publication Title:	Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science
Publisher:	The University of Toronto
Official URL:	https://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.4245/sponge.v9i1.26998
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	15 February 2018
Page Range:	pp. 136-142
Volume:	9
Number:	1
ISSN:	1913-0465
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17832

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