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Niiniluoto, Ilkka

 
9780199251612: Critical Scientific Realism (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)
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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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199251614
ISBN 13 
9780199251612
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
360
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