Title	Critical scientific realism [electronic resource]
Author	Ilkka Niiniluoto
Imprint	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0199251614.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (xiv, 341 p.) : ill

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