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Singularist semirealism
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Abstract
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| This paper proposes to carve out a new position in the scientific realism/antirealism debate and argue that it captures some of the most important realist and some of the most important antirealist considerations. The view, briefly stated, is that there is always a fact of the matter about whether the singular statements science gives us are literally true, but there is no fact of the matter about whether the non-singular statements science gives us are literally true. I call this view singularist semirealism. Singularist semirealism sides with scientific realism with regards to singular statements but it is an antirealist view with regards to non-singular statements. In this sense, singularist semirealism could be considered to be 'the best of both worlds'. |
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English
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The British journal for the philosophy of science. - London
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London
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2013
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0007-0882
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DOI
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10.1093/BJPS/AXS009
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64
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(2013)
, p. 371-394
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000318809200007
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