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Scientific realism and the rationality of science
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Scientific realism and the rationality of science

Author: Howard Sankey
Publisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Howard Sankey
ISBN: 9780754658887 0754658880
OCLC Number: 85485133
Description: viii, 154 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Scientific realism -- The god's eye point of view -- Truth and entity realism -- Incommensurability and the language of science -- Induction and natural kinds -- Methodological pluralism, normative naturalism and the realist aim of science -- Realism, method and truth -- Why is it rational to believe scientific theories are true?
Responsibility: Howard Sankey.
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