Varieties of Scientific Realism: Objectivity and Truth in Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319516073)

Introduction.- Prologue.- Mario Alai, "The Discussions on Scientific Realism Today: The Roles of Objectivity and Truth in Science".- Evandro Agazzi, "The Truth of Theories and Scientific Realism".- Realism and Anti-Realism.- Alan Musgrave, "Strict Empiricism versus Explanation in Science".- Michel Ghins, "Scientific Realism: Representation, Objectivity and Truth".- Marco Buzzoni, "Robustness and Scientific Realism".- Thomas Nickles, The Temptations of Scientific Realism: Cognitive Illusions, Objections, and Replies".- Gerhard Vollmer, "Why do Theories Fail? An argument for realism".- Recent Conceptions of Scientific Realism.- Stathis Psillos, "Scientific Realism and the neo-Aristotelian Conception of Nature".- James Ladyman, "On Structural Realism".- Steven French, "Realism and the Toolbox of Metaphysics".- Craig Dilworth, "The Perspectivist View of Science and Scientific Realism".- Scientific Realism in Empirical Science.- Dennis Dieks, "Realism and Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics".- Roland Omnés, "Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Anew".- Jean Guy Menuier, "Objectivity in Cognitive Sciences: The Impact of Computational Models".- Amparo Gomez, "Mechanisms, Capacities, and Entity Realism in Social Sciences".- Vladislav Lektorski, "Realism as the Methodological Strategy in Cognitive Science".- Mathematics, Objectivity, and Truth.- Gerhard Heinzmann, "The Problem of Objectivity in Mathematics".- Reinhard Kahle, "Mathematical Truth Revisited".- Jean Petitot, "Conceptual Analysis and Computational Synthesis in Mathematical Physics".- Objectivity and Truth.- Jan Wolenski, "The semantic definition of Truth and Empirical Theories".- Fabio Minazzi, "The Epistemological Problem of the Objectivity of Knowledge".- Hans Lenk, "A Scheme-Interpretationist Actionistic Realism".- Alberto Cordero, "Retention, Truth-Content and Selective Realism".- Subject Index.- Index of Names.