Beebe, James and Dellsén, Finnur (2025) The Centrality of Progressive Realism to the Scientific Realism Debate. [Preprint]
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Abstract
We report new findings from an empirical study of scientists from seven disciplines and scholars working in history and philosophy of science (HPS) regarding their views about scientific realism. We found that researchers’ general disposition to endorse or reject realism was better predicted by their views regarding scientific progress than their views about the mindindependence of scientific phenomena or other common theses in the realism debate. Age and gender also significantly predicted endorsement of scientific realism. Implications of these findings for philosophical debates about scientific realism and scientific progress are considered.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Philosophy of Science | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Finnur Dellsén | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2025 12:39 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2025 12:39 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 25411 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Date: | 2025 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25411 |
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