Underdetermination, realism, and truth approximation

Underdetermination, realism, and truth approximation. Cevolani, G. & Tambolo, L. In Vidal, C. M., Falguera, J. L., Sagüillo, J. M., Verdejo, V., & Pereira-Fariña, M., editors, VII Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, pages 374-381, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 2012. USC Press.

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Held (2011) attacks scientific realism via a criticism of the No-Miracles Argument based on the underdetermination of theories. In this paper we argue that the No-Miracles Argument, when deployed in conjunction with non-naive versions of realism, based on the view that verisimilitude or truth approximation is the main cognitive aim of scientific inquiry, survives Held's criticism unscathed.

@InProceedings{gcHeldkillingSantiago,
  Title                    = {Underdetermination, realism, and truth approximation},
  Author                   = {Cevolani, G. and Tambolo, L.},
  Booktitle                = {VII Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science},
  Year                     = {2012},
  Address                  = {Santiago de Compostela (Spain)},
  Editor                   = {C. Mart\'{\i}nez Vidal and Falguera, J. L. and Sag\"uillo, J. M. and Verdejo, V.M. and Pereira-Fari\~na, M.},
  Pages                    = {374-381},
  Publisher                = {USC Press},
  Abstract                 = {Held (2011) attacks scientific realism via a criticism of the No-Miracles Argument based on the underdetermination of theories. In this paper we argue that the No-Miracles Argument, when deployed in conjunction with non-naive versions of realism, based on the view that verisimilitude or truth approximation is the main cognitive aim of scientific inquiry, survives Held's criticism unscathed.},
  Catalogato               = {26.51.2012},
  Owner                    = {Gustavo},
  Url                      = {PubsPDF/Cevolani and Tambolo - Underdetermination, realism, and truth approximation - SELFC2012.pdf}
}

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