A Confutation of Convergent Realism
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 48 (1) , 19-49
- https://doi.org/10.1086/288975
Abstract
This essay contains a partial exploration of some key concepts associated with the epistemology of realist philosophies of science. It shows that neither reference nor approximate truth will do the...Keywords
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