Lesson 13b (Tipologia da aula: Videoconferência)

27 Maio 2020, 18:00 • Daniele Molinini

Arguments in favor and against scientific realism. Two arguments that challenge scientific realism: underdetermination of theory by data (weak and strong versions of the argument) and the pessimistic meta-induction. How some realists have responded to these arguments. Two arguments in favor of scientific realism: the argument from corroboration and the no miracle argument. How some anti-realists have responded to these arguments.