Rationality and Reality Conversations with Alan Musgrave
Alan Musgrave has consistently defended two positions that he regards as commonsensical – critical realism and critical rationalism. In defence of critcal realism he argues for the objective existence of the external world as opposed to idealism, as well as arguing for scientific realism against all...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2006 |
| Series: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Where Does the Burden of Theory Lie?
- Testimony, Induction and Reasonable Belief
- Theory-Confirmation and History
- Critical Rationalism and its Failure to Withstand Critical Scrutiny
- Methodological Rules, Rationality, and Truth
- Why is it Rational to Believe Scientific Theories are True?
- Thinking About the Ultimate Argument for Realism
- The Unseen World
- Why Alan Musgrave Should Become an Essentialist
- The Metaphysics of Realism and Structural Realism
- Scientific Realism and Mathematical Nominalism: A Marriage Made in Hell
- A Methodological Critique of the Semantic Conception of Theories
- A Refutation of Peircean Idealism
- Historiography as a Hypothetico-Deductive Science: A Criticism of Methodological Historism
- Ptolemy's Musical Models for Mind-Maps and Star-Maps
- Responses