scientific realism

collocation in English

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scientific
adjective
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/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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realism
noun[U]
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/ˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/us
/ˈriː.ə-/
a way of thinking and acting based on facts and what is possible, rather than on hopes for things that are unlikely ...
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(Definition ofscientificandrealismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this case, the analogy between the cases for religious andscientificrealismwill be only superficial.
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The possibility of formulating realism as a semantic theory is not addressed, which is also characteristic of most approaches toscientificrealism.
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We see here a vivid admission of the paradoxical interdependence ofscientificrealismand the theory-ladenness of observation.
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The debate aboutscientificrealismis hugely controversial.
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May his passing reinvigorate the ideals of empirical rigor andscientificrealismthat he so dutifully and tirelessly advanced.
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The film is notable for itsscientificrealism, pioneering special effects, and provocatively ambiguous imagery and sound in place of traditional narrative techniques.
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Scientificrealismtakes scientific theory's statements at face value, thus accorded either falsity or truthprobable or approximate or actual.
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His current work involves the philosophy of linguistics, foundational issues in semantics, the semantics of definite descriptions and demonstratives, semantic externalism, andscientificrealism.
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His thinking embodies global systemism, emergentism, rationalism,scientificrealism, materialism and consequentialism.
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Constructive empiricism andscientificrealismagree that theories are semantically literal, which logical positivism and instrumentalism deny.
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Constructive empiricism, logical positivism and instrumentalism agree that theories do not aim for truth about unobservables, whichscientificrealismdenies.
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Falsificationism finds science's aim as "corroboration" of scientific theory, which strives forscientificrealismbut accepts the maximal status of strongly corroborated verisimilitude (truthlikeness).
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The populist wasscientificrealism, usually belief that science has progressively unveiled a truer view and built a better understanding of nature.
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A clear yes to the first question is a hallmark of thescientificrealismperspective.
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Scientificrealismis developed largely as a reaction to logical positivism.
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Another argument againstscientificrealism, deriving from the underdetermination problem, is not so historically motivated as these others.
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Portrayingscientificrealismin terms of its ancient, medieval, and early modern cousins is at best misleading.
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These difficulties for logical positivism suggest, but do not entail,scientificrealism, and lead to the development of realism as a philosophy of science.
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He has been a leading defender ofscientificrealism, the idea that scientific claims about unobservable entities should be understood as literally true.
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