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title	:	A Realistic Theory of Science
author	:	Hooker, C. A.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0887063160
print isbn13	:	9780887063169
ebook isbn13	:	9780585064512
language	:	English
subject	Science--Philosophy, Realism.
publication date	:	1987
lcc	:	Q175.H787 1987eb
ddc	:	501
subject	:	Science--Philosophy, Realism.

A Realistic Theory of Science C.A. Hooker State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1987 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hooker, C.A. (Clifford Alan), 1942 A realistic theory of science. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. SciencePhilosophy. 2. Realism. I. Title. Q175.H787198650186-19169 ISBN 0-88706-315-2 ISBN 0-88706-316-0 (pbk.) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface 1 Chapter 1. Statement 3 Chapter 2. Systematic Realism 7 Chapter 3. Philosophy and Meta-Philosophy of Science: Empiricism, Popperianism and Realism 61 Chapter 4. On Global Theories 109 Chapter 5. Methodology and Systematic Philosophy 139 Chapter 6. Surface Dazzle, Ghostly Depths: An Exposition and Critical Evaluation of van Fraassen's Vindication of Empiricism Against Realism 155 Chapter 7. Understanding and Control: An Essay on the Structural Dynamics of Human Cognition 191 Chapter 8. Evolutionary Naturalist Realism: Circa 1985 255 Notes 359 Bibliography 441 Index of Names 469 Subject Index 475

Permissions Six of the eight essays in this volume have first appeared elsewhere in print. Permission to reprint these essays here is gratefully acknowledged. "Systematic Realism", Synthese, Vol. 26, Nos. 3-4, pp.409-497. Copyright 1974 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland. "Philosophy and Meta-philosophy of Science: Empiricism, Popperianism and Realism", Synthese, Vol. 32, Nos. 102, pp.177-231. Copyright 1975 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland. "On Global Theories", Philosophy of Science 42 (1975), 152-179. Reprinted with permission of the Philosophy of Science Association. "Methodology and Systematic Philosophy", Basic Problems in Methodology & Linguistics, Butts, R. E./Hintikka, J. (eds), pp.3-23. Copyright 1976 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Drodrecht, Holland. "Surface Dazzle, Ghostly Depths: An Exposition and Critical Evaluation of van Fraassen's Vindication of Empiricism Against Realism", Images of Science, Churchland, P. M./Hooker, C. A. (eds), pp. 153-196. Copyright 1985 by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, U.S.A. "Understanding and Control: An Essay on the Structural Dynamics of Human Cognition", Man-Environment Systems, Vol. 12 No. 6, pp. 121-160. Reprinted with permission of the editor, Man-Environ-ment Systems, A. H. Esser, and The Association for the Study of Man-Environment Relations, Inc.

Page vii Acknowledgments Where to begin? If I have been able to see even as far as some others it is because I have been tottering about on the chests of giants ... (Apologies to Swift and Newton.) My debts are enormous. Some of the larger intellectual ones are acknowledged in "Statement". The reader may judge my debts to others by their occurrence in Notes. (I am particularly indebted to those I critidse.)

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