DEFENDING REALISM: Reflections on Karl Rogers's Metaphysics of Experimental Physics.

The main goal of this paper is to argue against Karl Rogers's attacks on realism in physics. Rogers argues that electrons do not exist independently of the relevant socio-technological process, but I show that such an assumption would make our best scientific theories incomprehensible. While the pap...

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Publicado en:Journal of Critical Realism Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 126 - 148
Autor principal: Spencer, John H.
Formato: Book Review
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2007
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