Knowing the structure of nature

Psillos Stathis

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Knowing the structure of nature

essays on realism and explanation

Stathis Psillos

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The present state of the scientific realism debate Stathis Psillos

pp.3-33

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234666_1

Scientific realism and metaphysics Stathis Psillos

pp.34-47

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Thinking about the ultimate argument for realism Stathis Psillos

pp.48-68

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Against neo-instrumentalism Stathis Psillos

pp.69-83

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Tracking the real

through thick and thin

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pp.84-98

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234666_5

Cartwright's realist toil

from entities to capacities

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pp.99-122

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Is structural realism possible? Stathis Psillos

pp.125-135

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The structure, the whole structure and nothing but the structure? Stathis Psillos

pp.136-146

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234666_8

Ramsey's Ramsey-sentences Stathis Psillos

pp.147-170

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Simply the best

a case for abduction

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pp.173-194

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Inference to the best explanation and bayesianism Stathis Psillos

pp.195-201

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234666_11

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2009

Pages: 230

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-28301-9

ISBN (digital): 978-0-230-23466-6

Full citation:

Psillos Stathis (2009) Knowing the structure of nature: essays on realism and explanation. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.