Realism and the Progress of Science by Peter James Smith
This book examines the philosophical foundations of the realist view of the progress of science as cumulative. It is a view that has recently been faced with a number of powerful attacks in which successive scientific theories are seen, not as extending their scope and honing their explanations, but as incommensurable. There is, it is held, in principle no way of establishing that they are about the same things. From the voluminous literature on the topic, Dr Smith has selected relevantly and incisively and his exposition of the contending arguments is vigourous and clear, without undue technicality. As an explication and defence of realism it will interest all those concerned with this basic question in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language.-
What is a Law of Nature?
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason
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What Minds Can Do
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Living without Free Will
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Truth and Truthmakers
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The Theory and Practice of Autonomy
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Natural Agency
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Propositional Attitudes
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The Structure of Emotions
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Supervenience and Mind
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In Defense of Pure Reason
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The Primitivist Theory of Truth
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Common Sense
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Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology: Volume 2
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Deontic Morality and Control
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Putting Skeptics in their Place
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Theories of Vagueness
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Ethics and the A Priori
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Valuing Emotions
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The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
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Goodness and Justice
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Anti-Individualism
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Facts, Values, and Norms
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Practical Rules
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Brute Rationality
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Morals, Motivation, and Convention
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Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness
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Normative Reasons
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The Metaphysics of Mind
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Matter and Sense
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Deeper into Pictures
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Moral Legislation
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Moral Disagreement
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Belief Policies
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Reason and Value
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Evidence and Assurance
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Paradoxes
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The Engines of the Soul
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Sharing Knowledge
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Consciousness and the Origins of Thought
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Supererogation
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Knowledge, Thought, and the Case for Dualism
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Papers in Philosophical Logic: Volume 1
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Seeing through Self-Deception
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Morality in a Natural World
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The Myth of Morality
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521110341 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521110343 |
| Title | Realism and the Progress of Science |
| Author | Peter James Smith |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2009-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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