Critical Scientific Realism

Zusatztext the scope of Niiniluoto's discussion is impressively broad Informationen zum Autor Ilkka Niiniluoto is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Klappentext This book 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. Ilkka Niiniluoto surveys different kinds of realism in various areas of philosophy and then sets out his own critical realist philosophy of science. Zusammenfassung Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. This work surveys different kinds of realism in various areas of philosophy, and sets out the author's critical realist philosophy of science, characterizing scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Varieties of Realism 2: Realism in Ontology; 3: Realism in Semantics 4: Realism in Epistemology 5: Realism in Theory Construction 6: Realism in Methodology 7: Internal Realism 8: 8. Relativism 9: Social Constructivism 10: Realism, Science, and Society References, Indexes

Product details

• Authors: Ilkka Niiniluoto
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2002
• EAN: 9780199251612
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925161-2
• No. of pages: 355
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy; Clarendon Library of Logic and; Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general)