TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wray, K. Brad
TI  - Resisting scientific realism
SN  - 9781108400954
U1  - 509 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge university press
KW  - Science - Social aspects
KW  - Science - History
KW  - Astronomy - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Copernican revolution in astronomy
The underdetermination of theory choice by evidence
The argument from underconsideration
Epistemic privilege: another realist dogma
Four pessimistic inductions
Pessimism, optimism, and the exponential growth of science
The nature of radical theory change
Do the theoretical values really support scientific realism?
But can the anti-realist explain the success of science?
Selection and predictive success
How are false theories able to make true predictions?
Discarded theories: the role of changing interests
A synthesis
N2  - In this book K. Brad Wray provides a comprehensive survey of the arguments against scientific realism. In addition to presenting logical considerations that undermine the realists' inferences to the likely truth or approximate truth of our theories, he provides a thorough assessment of the evidence from the history of science
ER  -