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SUMMARY:An Introduction to Scientific Realism
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Damon Kutzin PhD Student in History and Philosophy of Science\
 , University of Cambridge\nMy talk will give an introductory overview of t
 he contemporary scientific realism debate in the philosophy of science. Sc
 ientific realism is a positive stance taken towards our best scientific th
 eories\, that they are true and mind-independent. Recently\, it has become
  uncommon or difficult to defend scientific realism\, due to powerful anti
 -realist arguments. Using examples in the history of science to illustrate
  the arguments\, I clarify the underlying assumptions of both sides of the
  debate. I then briefly turn to my own research on Michael Polanyi\, a 20t
 h century chemist and philosopher\, as a way to re-frame the debate and 
 critique these assumptions. I argue that Polanyi gives us tools to take sc
 ientific realism in a more productive direction\, one more in line with th
 e actual practice of science. \n\n 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717 https://epfl.zoom.u
 s/j/63729724186
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