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Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science - Softcover

Sankey, Howard

 
9781138251823: Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138251828 ISBN 13: 9781138251823
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit. This book articulates and defends that position. In presenting a clear formulation and addressing the major arguments for scientific realism Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature.

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About the Author

Professor Howard Sankey is Associate Professor and Head of Department at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138251828
ISBN 13 
9781138251823
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
162