Anjan Chakravartty

A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism

Knowing the Unobservable

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A vision of how realism can provide a consistent and coherent account of scientific knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780521876490
• ISBN-10: 0521876494
• Artikelnr.: 22753544

Autorenporträt

Anjan Chakravartty is Assistant Professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Scientific Realism Today: 1. Realism and antirealism, metaphysics and empiricism
2. Selective scepticism: entity realism, structural realism, semirealism
3. Properties, particulars and concrete structures
Part II. Metaphysical Foundations: 4. Causal realism and causal processes
5. Dispositions, property identity and laws of nature
6. Sociability: natural and scientific kinds
Part III. Theory Meets World: 7. Representing and describing: theories and models
8. Approximate truths about approximate truth.