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- catalog abstract "This book examines the philosophical foundations of the realist view of the progress of science as cumulative. It is a view that has recently been faced with a number of powerful attacks in which successive scientific theories are seen, not as extending their scope and honing their explanations, but as incommensurable. There is, it is held, in principle no way of establishing that they are about the same things. From the voluminous literature on the topic, Dr Smith has selected relevantly and incisively and his exposition of the contending arguments is vigourous and clear, without undue technicality. As an explication and defence of realism it will interest all those concerned with this basic question in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language.".
- catalog contributor b1603939.
- catalog created "1981.".
- catalog date "1981".
- catalog date "1981.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1981.".
- catalog description "A realist account of scientific progress -- The scrutability of reference -- A theory of interpretation -- Cluster theories of reference -- The account in perspective.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 130-132.".
- catalog description "This book examines the philosophical foundations of the realist view of the progress of science as cumulative. It is a view that has recently been faced with a number of powerful attacks in which successive scientific theories are seen, not as extending their scope and honing their explanations, but as incommensurable. There is, it is held, in principle no way of establishing that they are about the same things. From the voluminous literature on the topic, Dr Smith has selected relevantly and incisively and his exposition of the contending arguments is vigourous and clear, without undue technicality. As an explication and defence of realism it will interest all those concerned with this basic question in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language.".
- catalog extent "135 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521239370".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in philosophy".
- catalog issued "1981".
- catalog issued "1981.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "Analysis (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "B67 .S58".
- catalog subject "Hermeneutics.".
- catalog subject "Realism.".
- catalog subject "Reference (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A realist account of scientific progress -- The scrutability of reference -- A theory of interpretation -- Cluster theories of reference -- The account in perspective.".
- catalog title "Realism and the progress of science / Peter Smith.".
- catalog type "text".