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David Papineau on Scientific Realism

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The Arguments Against Scientific Realism

There are two powerful arguments against scientific realism. One is the argument from the under-determination of theory by evidence. The other argues is called the pessimistic meta-induction from pass falsity. It's the argument that says you look at past scientific theories, it'll turn out to be wrong so our theories are probably wrong too.

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