Book contents
- Resisting Scientific Realism
- Resisting Scientific Realism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Against Realism
- Part II Strengthening Anti-Realism
- 9 But Can the Anti-Realist Explain the Success of Science?
- 10 Selection and Predictive Success
- 11 How Are False Theories Able to Make True Predictions?
- 12 Discarded Theories
- 13 A Synthesis
- References
- Index
13 - A Synthesis
from Part II - Strengthening Anti-Realism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2018
- Resisting Scientific Realism
- Resisting Scientific Realism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Against Realism
- Part II Strengthening Anti-Realism
- 9 But Can the Anti-Realist Explain the Success of Science?
- 10 Selection and Predictive Success
- 11 How Are False Theories Able to Make True Predictions?
- 12 Discarded Theories
- 13 A Synthesis
- References
- Index
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- Resisting Scientific Realism , pp. 203 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018