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Chakravartty, Anjan.

A metaphysics for scientific realism :knowing the unobservable

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A metaphysics for scientific realism :Anjan Chakravartty.
Reminder of title:	knowing the unobservable
Author:	Chakravartty, Anjan.
Published:	Cambridge ;Cambridge University Press,2007.
Description:	xvii, 251 p. :ill.
Subject:	Science.
Online resource:	Access by subscription
ISBN:	9780521876490 (hardback)

A metaphysics for scientific realism :knowing the unobservable
Chakravartty, Anjan.

A metaphysics for scientific realism :knowing the unobservable[electronic resource] /Anjan Chakravartty. - Cambridge ;Cambridge University Press,2007. - xvii, 251 p. :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Scientific realism today. Realism and antirealism, metaphysics and empiricism ; Selective scepticism : entity realism, structural realism, semirealism ; Properties, particulars, and concrete structures -- pt. II. Metaphysical foundations. Causal realism and causal processes ; Dispositions, property identity, and laws of nature ; Sociability : natural and scientific kinds -- pt. II. Theory meets world. Representing and describing : theories and models ; Approximate truths about approximate truth.

ISBN: 9780521876490 (hardback)

LCCN: 2008295896

Nat. Bib. No.: bnbSubjects--Topical Terms:

177564
Science.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BD111 / .C44 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 149/.2

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2007 M-745

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