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Experimentation and scientific realism

Ian Hacking

pp. 162-181

Résumé

Experimental physics provides the strongest evidence for scientific realism. Entities that in principle cannot be observed are regularly manipulated to produce new phenomena and to investigate other aspects of nature. They are tools, instruments not for thinking but for doing.

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Tauber Alfred (1997) Science and the quest for reality. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 162-181

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25249-7_7

Citation complète:

Hacking Ian, 1997, Experimentation and scientific realism. In A. Tauber (ed.) Science and the quest for reality (162-181). Dordrecht, Springer.