ABSTRACT

Ganson offers new hope in this work for the defense of scientific realism by undermining powerful anti-realist objections and advocating an abandonment of naturalist and externalist strategies.

chapter Chapter One|34 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter Two|31 pages

Acausal Models of Explanation

chapter Chapter Four|30 pages

Van Fraassen’s Dutch Books

chapter Chapter Five|35 pages

Varieties of Explanationism and Fine’s Critique

chapter Chapter Six|31 pages

The Transcendental Road to Realism