Scientific Realism - How Science Tracks Truth (Hardcover)

Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. We see that throughout the twentieth century, scientific realism has been challenged by philosophical positions from all angles: from reductive empiricism, to instrumentalism and to modern sceptical empiricism.
Scientific Realism explains that the history of science does not undermine the arguments for scientific realism, but instead makes it reasonable to accept scientific realism as the best philosophical account of science, its empirical success, its progress and its practice.
Anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the state of modern science and why scientific realism is plausible, should read this book.

eBook available with sample pages: PB:041520819X

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Philosophical Issues in Science
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Stathis Psillos
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-20818-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
LSN:	0-415-20818-1
Barcode:	9780415208185

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