Essays on realism and rationalism

Alan Musgrave

doi:10.1163/9789004665774

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Essays on realism and rationalism

Alan Musgrave

Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des kritischen Rationalismus

Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism, 12, Brill

1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004665774

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Rationalism

Realism

A collection of essays (1971-1999) centering on the philosophy of science. Musgrave, a philosopher whose academic affiliations are not given, defends realism, partly from an appeal to common sense. He discusses anti-realist trends in Anglo-American philosophy (Wittgenstein, instrumentalism, constructive empiricism) but completely neglects Continent

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Title: Essays on realism and rationalism
Creators: Alan Musgrave
Contributors: Kurt Salamun (Editor)
Publication Details: Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des kritischen Rationalismus
Academic Unit: Philosophy
Publisher: Brill
ISBN: 9789042004184; 9789004665774
Date published ; e-published: 1999; 10/07/2023
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