Critical Scientific Realism

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-925161-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 355 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 541 g

Reihe: Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy

Ilkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of scientific realism, showing that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys the different varieties of realism in ontology, semantics, epistemology, theory construction, and methodology. He then sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories in the
philosophy of science. Niiniluoto's critical scientific realism is founded upon the notion of truth as correspondence between language and reality, and characterizes scientific progress in terms of increasing truthlikeness. This makes it possible not only to take seriously, but also to make precise,
the troublesome idea that scientific theories typically are false but nevertheless close to the truth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niiniluoto, Ilkka

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Über Autor(innen)

Ilkka Niiniluoto is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki.