Chakravartty, Anjan and C. van, Bas (2018) What is Scientific Realism? Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 9 (1). pp. 12-25. ISSN 1913-0465
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Abstract
Decades of debate about scientific realism notwithstanding, we find ourselves bemused by what different philosophers appear to think it is, exactly. Does it require any sort of belief in relation to scientific theories and, if so, what sort? Is it rather typified by a certain understanding of the rationality of such beliefs? In the following dialogue we explore these questions in hopes of clarifying some convictions about what scientific realism is, and what it could or should be. En route, we encounter some profoundly divergent conceptions of the nature of science and of philosophy.
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| Keywords: | Scientific Realism; Epistemic Issues; Epistemology of Science | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Jordan Miller | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2021 13:33 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2021 13:33 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 17816 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | The University of Toronto | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.4245/sponge.v9i1.26992 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 15 February 2018 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 12-25 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 9 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1913-0465 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17816 |
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