Scientific realism : what it is, the contemporary debate, and new directions

Darrell Patrick ROWBOTTOM

doi:10.1007/s11229-017-1484-y

Scientific realism : what it is, the contemporary debate, and new directions

Darrell Patrick ROWBOTTOM

Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

First, I answer the controversial question ’What is scientific realism?’ with extensive reference to the varied accounts of the position in the literature. Second, I provide an overview of the key developments in the debate concerning scientific realism over the past decade. Third, I provide a summary of the other contributions to this special issue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	451-484
Number of pages	34
Journal	Synthese
Volume	196
Issue number	2
Early online date	7 Aug 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1484-y
Publication status	Published - 28 Feb 2019

Bibliographical note

I should like to thank Lingnan University for supporting the conference on which this special issue is based, and the attendees of the conference for the discussions that prompted this contribution. I should also like to thank the RGC for funding my recent work on scientific realism (via a Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship, ‘The Instrument of Science’). Finally, I am grateful to Patrick McGivern for useful comments on a previous version of this piece.

Keywords

Scientific anti-realism
Scientific progress
Scientific realism
Selective realism

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Scientific realism : what it is, the contemporary debate, and new directions

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Scientific realism : what it is, the contemporary debate, and new directions

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A Methodological Argument Against Scientific Realism

The instrument of science : scientific anti-realism revitalised

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