{"product_id":"scientific-realism-stathis-psillos-9780415208185","title":"Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth","description":"Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. We see that throughout the twentieth century, scientific realism has been challenged by philosophical positions from all angles: from reductive empiricism, to instrumentalism and to modern sceptical empiricism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eScientific Realism\u003c\/em\u003e explains that the history of science does not undermine the arguments for scientific realism, but instead makes it reasonable to accept scientific realism as the best philosophical account of science, its empirical success, its progress and its practice.\u003cbr\u003eAnyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the state of modern science and why scientific realism is plausible, should read this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stathis Psillos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415208181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415208185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.30w x 0.94d","brand":"Stathis Psillos","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44201696035071,"sku":"9780415208185","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d66b08e5-69b7-41a1-933c-d1778491e954.jpg?v=1691490872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scientific-realism-stathis-psillos-9780415208185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}