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Abstract / Description of output
In this paper, I assess recent claims in philosophy of science about scientific perspectivism being compatible with realism. I clarify the rationale for scientific perspectivism and the problems and challenges that perspectivism faces in delivering a form of realism. In particular, I concentrate my attention on truth, and on ways in which truth can be understood in perspectival terms. I offer a cost -benefit analysis of each of them and defend a version that in my view is most promising in living up to realist expectations
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 342-359 |
Journal | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 10 Jun 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2018 |
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Perspectival Realism. Science, Knowledge, and Truth from a Human Vantage Point.
1/01/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Building Theories; Hypotheses & Heuristics in Science
Michela Massimi (Keynote/plenary speaker)
17 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Relativism in Epistemology & the Philosophy of Science
Michela Massimi (Speaker)
16 Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar Series, University of Leeds
Michela Massimi (Invited speaker)
24 Feb 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Profiles
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Michela Massimi
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences - Personal Chair of Philosophy of Science
Person: Academic: Research Active