Penn, William (2023) Pure Process Realism: The Unification of Realism and Empiricism.
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I describe the key features of pure process realism—realism about the processes that are identified by experimental dynamics structured by scientific models—showing that the view meets criteria for scientific realism. I argue that process. realism resolves many of the worries of the antirealist, including the problems of idealization, underdetermination, contextuality, multiplicity, and the pessimistic meta-induction. I show this resolution in the context of a contentious model from physics: the Bohr model of the atom. I then generalize from this discussion to a collection of upshots and constraints on process realism as a view, in order to further distinguish it from orthodox, substance paradigmatic- or thing-realism. Finally, these constraints suggest the trajectory of the program for process realism going forward. Therefore, pure process realism is shown to be a form of realism compatible with empiricism.
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| Keywords: | Process, Realism, Physics, Empiricism, Models, | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Theory Change General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. W. P. | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2023 20:52 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2023 14:59 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 22633 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Theory Change General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Date: | 5 October 2023 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22633 |
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