Images of Science: Essays on Realism and Empiricism

by Paul M. Churchland (Editor), C.A. Hooker (Editor)

Series: Science And Its Conceptual Foundations

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"Churchland and Hooker have collected ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply . . . these articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists."—Jeffrey Bub and David MacCallum, Foundations of Physics Letters

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