The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Saatsi, Juha

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the The Routledge handbook of Scientific Realism covers the following central topics: the historical development of the realist stance; core issues and positions of classic debate; perspectives on contemporary debates and the realism debate in disciplinary context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351362917
• Artikelnr.: 50921518

Autorenporträt

Juha Saatsi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Introduction: scientific realism in the 21st century -Juha Saatsi
PART I: Historical development of the realist stance
1 Realism and logical empiricism -Matthias Neuber
2 The realist turn in the philosophy of science -Stathis Psillos
PART II: Classic debate: core issues and positions
3 Success of science as a motivation for realism -K. Brad Wray
4 Historical challenges to realism -Peter Vickers
5 Underdetermination -Dana Tulodziecki
6 Kuhn, relativism and realism -Howard Sankey
7 Instrumentalism -Darrell P. Rowbottom
8 Empiricism -Otavio Bueno
9 Structural realism and its variants -Ioannis Votsis
10 Entity realism -Matthias Egg
11 Truthlikeness and Approximate Truth -Gerhard Schurz
PART III: Perspectives on contemporary debates
12 Global versus local arguments for realism -Leah Henderson
13 Perspectivism -Michela Massimi
14 Is pluralism compatible with scientific realism? -Hasok Chang
15 Scientific progress -Ilkka Niiniluoto
16 Realism and the limits of explanatory reasoning -Juha Saatsi
17 Unconceived alternatives and the Strategy of Historical Ostension -P.
Kyle Stanford
18 Realism, antirealism, epistemic stances, and voluntarism -Anjan
Chakravartty
19 Modeling and realism: strange bedfellows? -Arnon Levy
20 Success and scientific realism: considerations from the philosophy of
simulation -Eric Winsberg and Ali Mirza
21 Scientific realism and social epistemology -Martin Kusch
PART IV: The realism debate in disciplinary context
22 Scientific realism and high energy physics -Richard Dawid
23 Getting real about quantum mechanics -Laura Ruetsche
24 Scientific realism and primordial cosmology -Jeremy Butterfield
25 Three kinds of realism about historical science -Derek Turner
26 Scientific realism and the earth sciences -Teru Miyake
27 Scientific realism and chemistry -Paul Needham
28 Realism about cognitive science -Mark Sprevak
29 Scientific realism and economics -Harold Kincaid
PART V: Broader reflections
30 Realism and theories of truth -Jamin Asay
31 Realism and metaphysics -Steven French
32 Mathematical realism and naturalism -Mary Leng
33 Scientific realism and epistemology -Alexander Bird
34 Natural kinds for the scientific realist -Matthew Slater
Index