Scientific understanding: truth or dare?
Scientific understanding: truth or dare?
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Scientific understanding: truth or dare?
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Dordrecht: Springer
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Synthese (Dordrecht), 2015-12, Vol.192 (12), p.3781-3797
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English
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Dordrecht: Springer
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It is often claimed—especially by scientific realists—that science provides understanding of the world only if its theories are (at least approximately) true descriptions of reality, in its observable as well as unobservable aspects. This paper critically examines this 'realist thesis' concerning understanding. A crucial problem for the realist the...
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Scientific understanding: truth or dare?
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1752160641
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1752160641
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0039-7857
E-ISSN
1573-0964
DOI
10.1007/s11229-014-0538-7
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