A metaphysics for scientific realism : knowing the unobservable / Anjan Chakravartty.

Call Number	149/.2
Author	Chakravartty, Anjan, author.
Title	A metaphysics for scientific realism : knowing the unobservable / Anjan Chakravartty.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xvii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	pt. I. Scientific realism today. Realism and antirealism : metaphysics and empiricism -- Selective scepticism : entity realism, structural realism, semirealism -- Properties, particulars, and concrete structures -- pt. II. Metaphysical foundations. Causal realism and causal processes -- Dispositions, property identity, and laws of nature -- Sociability : natural and scientific kinds -- pt. III. Theory meets world. Representing and describing : theories and models -- Approximate truths about approximate truth.
Summary	Scientific realism is the view that our best scientific theories give approximately true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of a mind-independent world. Debates between realists and their critics are at the very heart of the philosophy of science. Anjan Chakravartty traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising strategies adopted by its proponents in response to the forceful challenges of antirealist sceptics, resulting in a positive proposal for scientific realism today. He examines the core principles of the realist position, and sheds light on topics including the varieties of metaphysical commitment required, and the nature of the conflict between realism and its empiricist rivals. By illuminating the connections between realist interpretations of scientific knowledge and the metaphysical foundations supporting them, his book offers a compelling vision of how realism can provide an internally consistent and coherent account of scientific knowledge.
Subject	METAPHYSICS. SCIENCE. REALISM.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511487354

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Summary	Scientific realism is the view that our best scientific theories give approximately true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of a mind-independent world. Debates between realists and their critics are at the very heart of the philosophy of science. Anjan Chakravartty traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising strategies adopted by its proponents in response to the forceful challenges of antirealist sceptics, resulting in a positive proposal for scientific realism today. He examines the core principles of the realist position, and sheds light on topics including the varieties of metaphysical commitment required, and the nature of the conflict between realism and its empiricist rivals. By illuminating the connections between realist interpretations of scientific knowledge and the metaphysical foundations supporting them, his book offers a compelling vision of how realism can provide an internally consistent and coherent account of scientific knowledge.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	pt. I. Scientific realism today. Realism and antirealism : metaphysics and empiricism -- Selective scepticism : entity realism, structural realism, semirealism -- Properties, particulars, and concrete structures -- pt. II. Metaphysical foundations. Causal realism and causal processes -- Dispositions, property identity, and laws of nature -- Sociability : natural and scientific kinds -- pt. III. Theory meets world. Representing and describing : theories and models -- Approximate truths about approximate truth.
Subject	METAPHYSICS. SCIENCE. REALISM.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511487354