Bertolaso, Marta and Sterpetti, Fabio (2023) Some reflections on Mitchell’s pragmatist variant of scientific realism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 38 (3). pp. 389-407. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This article aims at discussing an interesting variant of scientific realism recently proposed and defended by Sandra Mitchell (forthcoming), namely an affordances-based and pragmatist variant of scientific realism. We firstly place Mitchell’s proposal in the context of the current state of the debate over scientific realism. Secondly, we summarize the salient features of Mitchell’s proposal. Thirdly, we point out some aspects of that proposal that might require some further refinement and clarification in order to make it less prone to criticisms by both realists and antirealists. More precisely, in this paper we address the following issues: 1) whether Mitchell’s proposal can be classified as a genuine form of scientific realism; 2) whether the fact that in Mitchell’s proposal figure some variants of the no miracle argument is in tension with some other of its features.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Sandra Mitchell, pragmatism, scientific realism, robustness, truth, no miracle argument | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2024 15:37 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2024 15:37 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 23753 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.24085 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | December 2023 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 389-407 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 38 | |||||||||
| Number: | 3 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23753 |
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