Statements (23)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
philosophy of science epistemological theory |
| gptkbp:allows |
fallibility of scientific knowledge
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| gptkbp:distinctFrom |
instrumentalism
naive realism |
| gptkbp:emphasizes |
critical evaluation of scientific theories
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| gptkbp:focusesOn |
relationship between science and reality
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Critical Scientific Realism
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Imre_Lakatos
gptkb:Karl_Popper realist philosophy of science |
| gptkbp:notableFigure |
gptkb:Ilkka_Niiniluoto
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
radical constructivism
strong forms of relativism |
| gptkbp:publishedIn |
Niiniluoto's book 'Critical Scientific Realism' (1999)
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
philosophy of science
critical realism |
| gptkbp:requires |
science aims to provide true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of the world
scientific progress is possible truthlikeness (verisimilitude) is a key concept |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Ilkka_Niiniluoto
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