Realism and the progress of science /

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...

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Main Author: Smith, Peter, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy.
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