Truth, laws and the progress of science
In this paper I analyze the difficult question of the truth of mature scientific theories by tackling the problem of the truth of laws. After introducing the main philosophical positions in the field of scientific realism, I discuss and then counter the two main arguments against realism, namely the...
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2011-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452011000100009&lng=en&tlng=en |