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Knowing the structure of nature : essays on realism and explanation

Title
Knowing the structure of nature : essays on realism and explanation / Stathis Psillos.
Author
Psillos, Stathis, 1965-
Publication
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Description
xxvii, 230 pages; 22 cm
Summary
In this sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Scientific Realism', Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism & explores realist theses & commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science & offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended.
Subject
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Structuralism
  • Realism
  • Explanation
  • structures (single built works)
  • structures (structural elements)
  • structuralism
  • Explanation
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Realism
  • Structuralism
  • Erklärung
  • Naturphilosophie
  • Realismus Philosophie
  • Wissenschaftstheorie
  • Ciència > Filosofia
  • Realisme
  • Metafísica
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index.
Contents
The present state of the scientific realism debate -- Scientific realism and metaphysics -- Thinking about the ultimate argument for realism -- Against neo-instrumentalism -- Tracking the real: through thick and thin -- Cartwright's realist toil: from entities to capacities -- Is structural realism possible? -- The structure, the whole structure and nothing but the structure? -- Ramsey's Ramsey-sentences -- Simply the best: a case for abduction -- Inference to the best explanation and Bayesianism.
ISBN
  • 9780230007116
  • 0230007112
  • 9780230234666
  • 0230234666
OCLC
  • ocn318670607
  • 318670607
  • SCSB-9585180
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library