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

SUMMARY

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


SUBJECT

  1. Realism
  2. Science -- Philosophy