Book contents
- Resisting Scientific Realism
- Resisting Scientific Realism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Against Realism
- 1 The Copernican Revolution in Astronomy
- 2 The Underdetermination of Theory Choice by Evidence
- 3 The Argument from Underconsideration
- 4 Epistemic Privilege
- 5 Four Pessimistic Inductions
- 6 Pessimism, Optimism, and the Exponential Growth of Science
- 7 The Nature of Radical Theory Change
- 8 Do the Theoretical Values Really Support Scientific Realism?
- Part II Strengthening Anti-Realism
- References
- Index
1 - The Copernican Revolution in Astronomy
from Part I - Against 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
- 1 The Copernican Revolution in Astronomy
- 2 The Underdetermination of Theory Choice by Evidence
- 3 The Argument from Underconsideration
- 4 Epistemic Privilege
- 5 Four Pessimistic Inductions
- 6 Pessimism, Optimism, and the Exponential Growth of Science
- 7 The Nature of Radical Theory Change
- 8 Do the Theoretical Values Really Support Scientific Realism?
- Part II Strengthening Anti-Realism
- References
- Index
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- Resisting Scientific Realism , pp. 9 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018