Virmajoki, Veli (2024) When It Comes to the Future, Realism and Antirealism Do Make A Difference. [Preprint]
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In this paper, I argue that scientific realism and antirealism lead to different scenarios of the future. I discuss a recent line of arguments in the scientific realism debate that concerns the consequences of scientific realism for our understanding of the future. I point out where recent works on the topic have seemingly reached a stalemate. I solve the stalemate by focusing on the scenarios of the future that realism and antirealism imply. I argue that focusing on the probability, possibility, desirability, and especially trackability of the scenarios can help us see systematic differences between the positions.
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| Keywords: | Scientific Realism – Antirealism – The Future of Science – Pessimistic Induction – History of Science – Conservatism in Science | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Veli Virmajoki | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2024 15:44 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 15:44 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23774 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23774 |
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