Rationality and reality : conversations with Alan Musgrave /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, c2006.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 337 p.)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 20 Studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 20.
Subject:	Musgrave, Alan. Musgrave, Alan. Rationalism. Critical realism. Knowledge, Theory of. Science -- Philosophy. Critical realism. Knowledge, Theory of. Rationalism. Science -- Philosophy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8878063

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Other authors / contributors:	Cheyne, Colin. Worrall, John. Musgrave, Alan.
ISBN:	9781402042072 1402042078 9786610624850 6610624852 140204206X (Cloth) 9781402042065 (Cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Alan Musgrave has consistently defended two positions that he regards as commonsensical - critical realism and critical rationalism. This work discusses themes that are relevant in one way or another to Musgrave's work. It is intended as an examination of topics of interest in philosophy.
Other form:	Print version: Rationality and reality. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006 140204206X 9781402042065
Standard no.:	9781402042078

Table of Contents:

Introduction; Where Does the Burden of Theory Lie?; Testimony, Induction and Reasonable Belief; Theory-Confirmation and History; Critical Rationalism and its Failure to Withstand Critical Scrutiny; Methodological Rules, Rationality, and Truth; Why is it Rational to Believe Scientific Theories are True?; Thinking About the Ultimate Argument for Realism; The Unseen World; Why Alan Musgrave Should Become an Essentialist; The Metaphysics of Realism and Structural Realism; Scientific Realism and Mathematical Nominalism: A Marriage Made in Hell.

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