Realism and explanatory priority /
One of the central areas of concern in late twentieth-century philosophy is the debate between Realism and anti-Realism. But the precise nature of the issues that form the focus of the debate remains controversial. In Realism and Explanatory Priority a new way of viewing the debate is developed. The...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic,
[1997]
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| Series: | Philosophical studies series ;
v. 71. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- What is the Realism/Anti-Realism Issue?
- A Theory of Dependence
- The Explanatory Priority View of the Realism/Anti-Realism Issue
- Arguments for a Weak Form of Realism
- A Strategy for Determining the Scope of Realism
- Does Novel Success Need to be Explained by Truth?
- Epistemic Truth and the Explanation of Novel Confirmation
- The Arguments Against Realism
- The Evidence for Realim-1: Evidence for Truth that is Independent of the Epistemic
- The Evidence for Realism-II: The Evidence for Independence from Discourse.