Add to ORKG© 2015 Dr. Cristian Soto-HerreraIn Part One (Chapters 1 and 2), I elaborate and defend a minimalist metaphysics of science. Part Two (Chapters 3-5) assesses the consequences of minimalism for the contemporary defence of realism in the philosophy of science, considering in particular scientific realism, selective realism, and ontic structural realism. Lastly, Part Three (Chapters 6-8) advances three exercises in the minimalist metaphysics of science related to epistemic mathematical realism, the physico-mathematical account of scientific laws, and the role of models in scientific thinking
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Several advocates of the lively field of "metaphysics of science" have recently argued that a natura...
This work traces a thread from what might be called a standard account of scientific realism and ant...
This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contr...
What are the metaphysical commitments which best 'make sense' of our scientific practice (rather tha...
Saatsi’s minimal realism holds that science makes theoretical progress. It is designed to get around...
Lenay Charles. La méthode minimaliste : phénoménologie et science objective (The Minimalist Method :...
Three influential forms of realism are distinguished and interrelated: realism about the external wo...
The paper argues for three theses: (1) Metaphysics depends on science as a source of knowledge. Our ...
The following work develops a new and general theory of minimalism – one addressing both its transhi...
This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, or...
The present paper concerns how scientific realism is formulated and defended. It is argued that van ...
Scientific realism has been at the heart of contemporary philosophical discus-sions regarding the in...
Science and philosophy both express, and attempt to quench, the distinctively human thirst for knowl...
The paper argues for three theses: (1) Metaphysics depends on science as a source of knowledge. Our...
I respond to the frequent objection that structural realism fails to sharply state an alternative to...
Several advocates of the lively field of "metaphysics of science" have recently argued that a natura...
This work traces a thread from what might be called a standard account of scientific realism and ant...
This book provides philosophers of science with new theoretical resources for making their own contr...