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The Advancement of Science: Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions

Philip Kitcher

Print publication date: 1995

Print ISBN-13: 9780195096538

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003

DOI: 10.1093/0195096533.001.0001

Realism and Scientific Progress

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(p. 127 ) 5 Realism and Scientific Progress
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The Advancement of Science
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Philip Kitcher (Contributor Webpage)

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0195096533.003.0005

The account of progress is defended against a number of objections. Some of these are offered by philosophers who are sceptical of realism in the philosophy of science; others are urged by historians and sociologists of science.

Keywords:   philosophy of science, realism, scientific progress

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