{"product_id":"critical-scientific-realism","title":"Critical Scientific Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIlkka Niiniluoto comes to the rescue of scientific realism, showing that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Philosophical realism holds that the aim of a particular discourse is to make true statements about its subject-matter. Niiniluoto surveys the different varieties of realism in ontology, semantics, epistemology, theory construction, and methodology.  He then sets out his own original version, and defends it against competing theories in the\n\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy of science.  Niiniluoto's critical scientific realism is founded upon the notion of truth as correspondence between language and reality, and characterizes scientific progress in terms of\n\u003cbr\u003eincreasing truthlikeness. This makes it possible not only to take seriously, but also to make precise, the troublesome idea that scientific theories typically are false but nevertheless close to the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44084342948078,"sku":"9780199251612","price":123.93,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199251612_2f86da3f-1a91-4705-9cf6-1047b256be28.jpg?v=1706213442","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/critical-scientific-realism","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}