Re-enchanting realism in debate with Kyle Stanford

dc.contributor.authorRuttkamp-Bloem, Emma
dc.contributor.emailemma.ruttkamp-bloem@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T06:01:45Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T06:01:45Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.description.abstractIn this article, against the background of a notion of ‘assembled’ truth, the evolutionary progressiveness of a theory is suggested as novel and promising explanation for the success of science. A new version of realism in science, referred to as ‘naturalised realism’ is outlined. Naturalised realism is ‘fallibilist’ in the unique sense that it captures and mimics the self-corrective core of scientific knowledge and its progress. It is argued that naturalised realism disarms Kyle Stanford’s anti-realist ‘new induction’ threats by showing that ‘explanationism’ and his ‘epistemic instrumentalism’ are just two positions among many on a constantly evolving continuum of options between instrumentalism and full-blown realism. In particular it is demonstrated that not only can naturalised realism redefine the terms of realist debate in such a way that no talk of miracles need enter the debate, but it also promises interesting defenses against inductive- and under-determination- based anti-realist arguments.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2013en_US
dc.description.librariancp2013en
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/10838en_US
dc.identifier.citationRuttkamp-Bloem, E 2013, 'Re-enchanting realism in debate with Kyle Stanford', Journal for General Philosophy of Science, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 201-224.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0925-4560 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1572-8587 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10838-013-9220-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/32158
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013.The original publication is available at http://link.springer.com/journal/10838en_US
dc.subjectRealismen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionary progressivenessen_US
dc.subjectContinuityen_US
dc.subjectReferenceen_US
dc.subjectTruthen_US
dc.subjectUnconceived alternativesen_US
dc.titleRe-enchanting realism in debate with Kyle Stanforden_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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