Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit. This book articulates and defends that position. In presenting a clear formulation and addressing the major arguments for scientific realism Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature.
- ISBN10 1281834238
- ISBN13 9781281834232
- Publish Date 1 January 2012 (first published 28 January 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ashgate Publishing
- Pages 154
- Language English