The problem of scientific realism.
By: [Edited by] Edward A. MacKinnon.
Series: Contemporary problems in philosophy
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Realism; Reality; Science -- Philosophy
Table of contents: title: Aristotele. Science as a systematic explanation through causes.; title: Newton, I. Rules and reflections on scientific reasoning.; title: Carnap, R. Empiricism, semantics, and ontology.; title: Hempel, C. On the logic of explanation.; title: Nagel, E. The realist view of theories.; title: Quine, W. V. On the role of logic in explanation.; title: Harris, E. E. Method and explanation in metaphysics.; title: Einstein, A. Remarks on Bertrand Russell's theory of knowledge.; title: Sellars, W. The language of theories.; title: MacKinnon, E. Atomic physics and reality.; title: Bunge, M. Physics and reality.; title: Heelan, P. A. Quantum mechanics and objectivity.; title: Bibliographical essay (p. 285-301)