Essays on Realism and Rationalism / / Alan Musgrave.
The book's essays represent an important contribution to the contemporary philosophical debate concerning Realism and Rationalism. The author defends in a clear and consistent fashion a fallibilist, realistic, and rationalist position in opposition to the idealistic and relativistic viewpoint c...
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| Superior document: | Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rational |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : BRILL,, 1999. |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des kritischen Rationalismus ;
Volume 12. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (367 pages) :; illustrations. |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface.
- Part I: REALISM
- Chapter 1: Explanation, Description and Scientific Realism
- Chapter 2: The Myth of Astronomical Instrumentalism
- Chapter 3: The Ultimate Argument for Scientific Realism
- Chapter 4: Wittgensteinian Instrumentalism
- Chapter 5: Realism Versus Constructive Empiricism
- Chapter 6: Realism and Idealisation
- Chapter 7: Unreal Assumptions in Economic Theory: The F-twist untwisted
- Chapter 8: NOA's Ark - Fine For Realism
- Chapter 9: Conceptual Idealism and Stove's Gem
- Chapter 10: The T-Scheme Plus Epistemic Truth Equals Idealism
- Part II: RATIONALISM
- Chapter 11: Falsification and its Critics
- Chapter 12: Logical versus Historical Theories of Confirmation
- Chapter 13: Facts and Values in Science Studies
- Chapter 14: Deductivism versus Psychologism
- Chapter 15: Deductive Heuristics
- Chapter 16: Critical Rationalism
- References
- Index of names.