Models, scientific realism, the intelligibility of nature, and their cultural significance

• Main Author: Abdul Murad, M.H.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: B Philosophy (General); Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9347/1/Models%2C_scientific_realism%2C_the_intelligibility_or_nature%2C_and_their_cultural_significance.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9347/2/Models%2C_scientific_realism%2C_the_intelligibility_of_nature%2C_and_their_cultural_significance.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9347/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039368110001123#

In this article, I will view realist and non-realist accounts of scientific models within the larger context of the cultural significance of scientific knowledge. I begin by looking at the historical context and origins of the problem of scientific realism, and claim that it is originally of cultura...