SCIENTIFIC REALISM AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE.
Nickles raises many original objections against scientific realism. One of them holds that scientific realism originates from the end of history illusion. I reply that this objection is self-defeating and commits the genetic fallacy. Another objection is that it is unknowable whether our descendants...
| Publicado en: | Diametros: An Online Journal of Philosophy no. 60; pp. 61 - 72 |
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