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Knowing the Structure of Nature

Essays on Realism and Explanation

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Scientific Realism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Scientific Realism and Metaphysics

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 34-47
    3. Against Neo-Instrumentalism

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 69-83
    4. Tracking the Real: Through Thick and Thin

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 84-98
  3. Structural Realism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
    2. Is Structural Realism Possible?

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 125-135
    3. Ramsey’s Ramsey-sentences

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 147-170
  4. Inference to the Best Explanation

    1. Front Matter

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

      • Stathis Psillos
      Pages 173-194
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 202-230

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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eBook USD 39.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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