{"title":"Reference and Scientific Realism","authors":"Edwin Berk","doi":"10.5840/SWJPHIL197910237","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The causal theory of reference is commonly thought to provide striking support for scientific realism; that is supposed to be one of the stronger points in the theory's favor. But whether it really does so, I think, depends upon what is meant by \"scientific realism/' Consider the following definitions of scientific realism. According to Hilary Putnam, realism may be \"spelled out\" by means of two principles :","PeriodicalId":83275,"journal":{"name":"The Southwestern journal of philosophy","volume":"139 1","pages":"139-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Southwestern journal of philosophy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5840/SWJPHIL197910237","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The causal theory of reference is commonly thought to provide striking support for scientific realism; that is supposed to be one of the stronger points in the theory's favor. But whether it really does so, I think, depends upon what is meant by "scientific realism/' Consider the following definitions of scientific realism. According to Hilary Putnam, realism may be "spelled out" by means of two principles :
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