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The Reality of the Unobservable: Observability, Unobservability and Their Impact on the Issue of Scientific Realism (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
Evandro Agazzi
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Description for The Reality of the Unobservable: Observability, Unobservability and Their Impact on the Issue of Scientific Realism (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
Hardcover. The debate on realism in physics is focused on the reality of unobservable entities admitted in physical theories. This reality has been often denied (by Bas van Fraassen). This book shows that observability is a complex notion that does not have direct implications on ontological issues related to the existence of the non-observable entities. Editor(s): Agazzi, Evandro; Pauri, Massimo. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 378 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
Observability and Scientific Realism It is commonly thought that the birth of modern natural science was made possible by an intellectual shift from a mainly abstract and specuJative conception of the world to a carefully elaborated image based on observations. There is some grain of truth in this claim, but this grain depends very much on what one takes observation to be. In the philosophy of science of our century, observation has been practically equated with sense perception. This is understandable if we think of the attitude of radical empiricism that inspired Ernst Mach and the philosophers of the Vienna ... Read more
Observability and Scientific Realism It is commonly thought that the birth of modern natural science was made possible by an intellectual shift from a mainly abstract and specuJative conception of the world to a carefully elaborated image based on observations. There is some grain of truth in this claim, but this grain depends very much on what one takes observation to be. In the philosophy of science of our century, observation has been practically equated with sense perception. This is understandable if we think of the attitude of radical empiricism that inspired Ernst Mach and the philosophers of the Vienna ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792363118
SKU
V9780792363118
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