Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth

by Stathis Psillos

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041520819X
• ISBN13: 9780415208192
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"