Critical scientific realism

Critical scientific realism / Ilkka Niiniluoto.

Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys different varieties of realism, sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Niiniluoto, Ilkka
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
Subjects:
Realism.
Science > Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Realism.
Realism
Science > Philosophy
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Realisme (filosofie)
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Summary:Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys different varieties of realism, sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 341 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-329) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191519406
0191519405
9780191598098
0191598097
1281970484
9781281970480
9786611970482
6611970487
9780199251612
0199251614
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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