| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford University Press on-line
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Oxford University Press on-line.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Truth and the Success of Science 3 -- 2 Conceptions of Novelty 34 -- 3 An Analysis of Novelty 64 -- 4 Applications 83 -- 5 Realism and Novelty 98 -- 6 Counterarguments 136 -- 7 Future of Realism 178. |
| Summary |
Attempting to reinstate the common-sense idea that theoretical knowledge is achievable, the author of this text accounts for the genesis of the sceptical position, then introduces his argument for Minimalist Scientific Realism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Realism.
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Realism. |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leplin, Jarrett. Novel defense of scientific realism. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 0195113632 |
| ISBN |
0585223513 (electronic book) |
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9780585223513 (electronic book) |
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1602561907 |
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9781602561908 |
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9780195113631 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0195113632 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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1280453885 |
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9781280453885 |
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0195113632 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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