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The Relativity of Theory

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 431)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58047-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-58046-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 30, 2020

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Introduction

Mizrahi, Moti

Pages: 1 –17

[The main objective of this book is to provide an introductory overview of a “hot topic” in contemporary philosophy of science, namely, the scientific realism/antirealism debate, which is accessible to students of philosophy as well as students of the sciences who might have an interest in...
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Realism Versus Antirealism in Contemporary Philosophy of Science

Mizrahi, Moti

Pages: 19 –34

[The scientific realism/antirealism debate in contemporary philosophy of science is about theoretical knowledge, that is, knowledge that is supposed to be about so-called “unobservables.” This includes theoretical entities, such as neutrinos and genes, as well as theoretical processes, such as...
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Key Positions in the Contemporary Scientific Realism/Antirealism Debate

Mizrahi, Moti

Pages: 35 –49

[In this chapter, I survey key positions in the scientific realism/antirealism debate in contemporary philosophy of science. The first is a selective realist position, which is known as Explanationist RealismExplanationist Realism, according to which we should believe only in the indispensable...
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Key Arguments for Scientific Realism

Mizrahi, Moti

Pages: 51 –77

[In this chapter, I present in canonical (or standard) form and then evaluate key arguments for scientific realism (or against antirealism about science). The first argument is the most influential Positive ArgumentPositive Argument for scientific realism, most commonly known as the “no miracles”...
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Key Arguments Against Scientific Realism

Mizrahi, Moti

Pages: 79 –108

[In this chapter, I present in canonical (or standard) form and then evaluate key arguments against scientific realism (or for antirealism about science). The first argument is known as the “pessimistic inductionPessimistic induction” or the “pessimistic meta-induction.” In its original...
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Relative Realism: The Best of Both Worlds

Mizrahi, Moti

Pages: 109 –162

[This chapter consists of a discussion of my own brand of scientific realism, namely, Relative RealismRelative Realism, first proposed in MizrahiAIMizrahi, M. (Int Stud Phil Sci 27(4):393–407, 2013). Relative RealismRelative Realism provides a middle ground position between scientific realism and...

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