Images of Science: Essays on Realism and EmpiricismUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. 10. 1985 - Počet stran: 309 "Churchland and Hooker have collected ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply . . . these articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists."—Jeffrey Bub and David MacCallum, Foundations of Physics Letters |
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What Science Aims to Do | 48 |
Constructive Realism 1355 | 75 |
Explanation and Realism | 99 |
Scientific Realism versus Constructive | 118 |
Do We See through a Microscope? | 132 |
An Exposition | 153 |
Realism versus Constructive Empiricism | 197 |
What Can Theory Tell Us about Observation? | 222 |
Empiricism in the Philosophy of Science | 245 |
List of Contributors | 309 |
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