Critical Scientific Realism (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy) - Couverture souple

Niiniluoto, Ilkka

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199251614 ISBN 13 : 9780199251612

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Ilkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of scientific realism, showing that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys the different varieties of realism in ontology, semantics, epistemology, theory construction, and methodology. He then sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories in the philosophy of science. Niiniluoto's critical scientific realism is founded upon the notion of truth as correspondence between language and reality, and characterizes scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness. This makes it possible not only to take seriously, but also to make precise, the troublesome idea that scientific theories typically are false but nevertheless close to the truth.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ilkka Niiniluoto is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199251614
• ISBN 13: 9780199251612
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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