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Knowing the Structure of Nature

Essays on Realism and Explanation

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  1. Stathis Psillos

    1. University of Athens, Greece

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Scientific Realism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Present State of the Scientific Realism Debate

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 3-33

    3. Scientific Realism and Metaphysics

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      Pages 34-47

    4. Thinking About the Ultimate Argument for Realism

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      Pages 48-68

    5. Against Neo-Instrumentalism

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      Pages 69-83

    6. Tracking the Real: Through Thick and Thin

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      Pages 84-98

    7. Cartwright’s Realist Toil: From Entities to Capacities

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      Pages 99-122

  3. Structural Realism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Is Structural Realism Possible?

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      Pages 125-135

    3. The Structure, the Whole Structure and Nothing but the Structure?

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      Pages 136-146

    4. Ramsey’s Ramsey-sentences

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      Pages 147-170

  4. Inference to the Best Explanation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Simply the Best: A Case for Abduction

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      Pages 173-194

    3. Inference to the Best Explanation and Bayesianism

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      Pages 195-201

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 202-230
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About this book

In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth , Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science and offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Athens, Greece

    Stathis Psillos

About the author


STATHIS PSILLOS is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Athens, Greece. He is the author of Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth (1999), Causation and Explanation (2002) and Philosophy of Science A-Z (2007). He edited with Martin Curd The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science, (2008). He has published over sixty articles in various areas in the philosophy of science. In 2007, he was elected President of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA).



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Knowing the Structure of Nature

  • Book Subtitle: Essays on Realism and Explanation

  • Authors: Stathis Psillos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234666

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Stathis Psillos 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00711-6Published: 30 April 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23466-6Published: 30 April 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 230

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Metaphysics

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