Merritt, David (2020) Cosmological Realism. [Preprint]

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I discuss the relevance of the current predicament in cosmology to the debate over scientific realism. I argue that the existence of two, empirically successful but ontologically inconsistent cosmological theories presents difficulties for the realist position.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Merritt, David david.r.merritt@gmail.com 0000-0002-9339-1551
Keywords:	Cosmology Scientific realism Dark matter Mordehai Milgrom
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	David Merritt
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2021 01:22
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2021 01:22
Item ID:	19682
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.05.011
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	25 October 2020
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19682

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