Scientific realism is the view that our best scientific theories give approximately true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of a mind-inde
Both science and philosophy are interested in questions of ontology - questions about what exists and what these things are like. Science and philosophy, howeve
Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the The Routledge handbook of Scientific Realism covers the following central topics: th
Ilkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of scientific realism, showing that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Philosophical realism holds that th
Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-i