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Empiricism and Philosophy of PhysicsRealism, Theory-Equivalence and Underdetermination of Theories

Empiricism and Philosophy of Physics: Realism, Theory-Equivalence and Underdetermination of Theories [The focus of this chapter is the realism-antirealism debate in philosophy of science. The two central doctrines of scientific realism, viz., (i) central terms in mature theories refer to existing things, and (ii) scientific theories are approximately true, are discussed. In so far as ‘term’ is understood as ‘general term’ this doctrine conflicts with nominalism and is thus rejected. The other doctrine should however be accepted also by empiricists, it is argued.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Empiricism and Philosophy of PhysicsRealism, Theory-Equivalence and Underdetermination of Theories

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 434)
Johansson, Lars-Göran
Empiricism and Philosophy of Physics — Jan 14, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-64952-4
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101 –116
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10.1007/978-3-030-64953-1_7
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[The focus of this chapter is the realism-antirealism debate in philosophy of science. The two central doctrines of scientific realism, viz., (i) central terms in mature theories refer to existing things, and (ii) scientific theories are approximately true, are discussed. In so far as ‘term’ is understood as ‘general term’ this doctrine conflicts with nominalism and is thus rejected. The other doctrine should however be accepted also by empiricists, it is argued.]

Published: Jan 14, 2021

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