Varieties of Scientific Realism Objectivity and Truth in Science 1st Edition by Evandro Agazzi ISBN 3319846973 978-3319846972

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ISBN 10: 3319846973 

ISBN 13: 978-3319846972

Author: Evandro Agazzi 

This book offers a comprehensive update on the scientific realism debate, enabling readers to gain a novel appreciation of the role of objectivity and truth in science and to understand fully the various ways in which antirealist conceptions have been subjected to challenge over recent decades. Authoritative representatives of different philosophical traditions explain their perspectives on the meaning and validity of scientific realism and describe the strategies being adopted to counter persisting antirealist positions. The coverage extends beyond the usual discussion of realism within the context of the natural sciences, and especially physics, to encompass also its applicability in mathematics, logic, and the human sciences. The book will appeal to all with an interest in the recent realist epistemologies of science, the nature of current philosophical debate, and the ongoing rehabilitation of truth as the legitimate goal of scientific research.

Table of contents: 

Introduction: The Conceptual Knots of the Realism Debate – Evandro Agazzi
The Debates on Scientific Realism Today: Knowledge and Objectivity in Science – Mario Alai
The Truth of Theories and Scientific Realism – Evandro Agazzi
Realism and Antirealism

• Strict Empiricism Versus Explanation in Science – Alan Musgrave
• Misdirection and Misconception in the Scientific Realism Debates – Bas C. van Fraassen
• Selective Scientific Realism: Representation, Objectivity and Truth – Michel Ghins
• Robustness, Intersubjective Reproducibility, and Scientific Realism – Marco Buzzoni
• Cognitive Illusions and Nonrealism: Objections and Replies – Thomas Nickles
• Why Do Theories Fail? The Best Argument for Realism – Gerhard Vollmer
• The Epistemological Problem of the Objectivity of Knowledge – Fabio Minazzi
  Recent Conceptions of Scientific Realism
• Scientific Realism and the Mind-Independence of the World – Stathis Psillos
• Structural Realism and the Toolbox of Metaphysics – Steven French
• Retention, Truth-Content and Selective Realism – Alberto Cordero
• A Scheme-Interpretationist and Actionistic Scientific Realism – Hans Lenk
  Scientific Realism in Particular Sciences
• Semantic Definition of Truth, Empirical Theories and Scientific Realism – Jan Woleński
• Underdetermination, Realism and Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics – Dennis Dieks

  Scientific Realism in Particular Sciences

  • Is Uniqueness of Reality Predicted by the Quantum Laws? – Roland Omnès
  • Theories and Models: Realism and Objectivity in Cognitive Science – Jean-Guy Meunier
  • Realism as the Methodological Strategy in Cognitive Science – V. A. Lektorski
  • Causation and Scientific Realism: Mechanisms and Powers without Essentialism – Amparo Gómez
  • Objectivity in Mathematics: The Structuralist Roots of a Pragmatic Realism – Gerhard Heinzmann
  • Mathematical Truth Revisited: Mathematics as a Toolbox – Reinhard Kahle

  Back Matter

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