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Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit. This book articulates and defends that position. In presenting a clear formulation and addressing the major arguments for scientific realism Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 1 Scientific Realism......Page 20 2 The God’s Eye Point of View......Page 40 3 Truth and Entity Realism......Page 52 4 Incommensurability and the Language of Science......Page 62 5 Induction and Natural Kinds......Page 88 6 Methodological Pluralism, Normative Naturalism and the Realist Aim of Science......Page 98 7 Realism, Method and Truth......Page 118 8 Why is it Rational to Believe Scientific Theories are True?......Page 132 Bibliography......Page 154 I......Page 160 P......Page 161 V......Page 162 W......Page 163 This book presents a clear formulation and addresse a the major arguments for scientific realism. Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature