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About: Realism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10799 publications have been published within this topic receiving 175785 citations.


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01 Jan 1984
TL;DR: In this article, Van Fraasen against scientific realism, Feyerabend and radical philosophers of science Davidsonians agianst reference Rorty's mirrorless world the renegade Putnam constructivism and independence Dummett's anti-realism.
Abstract: Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 Proposals: what is realism? what is truth? what has truth to do with realism? why be a commonsense realist? why do we need truth? why be a scientific realist?. Part 3 Polemics: Van Fraasen against scientific realism Kuhn, Feyerabend and radical philosophers of science Davidsonians agianst reference Rorty's mirrorless world the renegade Putnam constructivism and independence Dummett's anti-realism. Part 4 Conclusions. Appendix: list of named maxims and doctrines.

349 citations

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01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: Realism: Pre-theoretic realism Realism in philosophy Realism and truth realism in mathematics Perception and intuition: What is the question? Perception Intuition Godelian Platonism Numbers: What numbers could not be Numbers as properties Frege numbers Axioms: Reals and sets of reals Axiomization Open problems Competing theories The challenge Monism and beyond: Monism Field's nominalism Structuralism Summary References Index as mentioned in this paper
Abstract: Realism: Pre-theoretic realism Realism in philosophy Realism and truth Realism in mathematics Perception and intuition: What is the question? Perception Intuition Godelian Platonism Numbers: What numbers could not be Numbers as properties Frege numbers Axioms: Reals and sets of reals Axiomization Open problems Competing theories The challenge Monism and beyond: Monism Field's nominalism Structuralism Summary References Index.

346 citations

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20 Jun 1993
TL;DR: The authors of this seminal work challenge many of the Left's traditional attitudes toward crime and policing, proposing instead a rigorous, new Left realism for the issues raised as mentioned in this paper, and propose a new left realism for crime.
Abstract: The authors of this seminal work challenge many of the Left's traditional attitudes toward crime and policing, proposing instead a rigorous, new Left realism for the issues raised.

342 citations

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01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: The authors takes a fresh, unorthodox look at the key philosophical concepts and assumptions of the social sciences and proposes a particular union of rationalism, realism, and systemism as the logical and viable stance for social science practitioners.
Abstract: This book takes a fresh, unorthodox look at the key philosophical concepts and assumptions of the social sciences. Eminent philosopher of science Mario Bunge argues that none of the best known philosophies helps to advance or even understand social science, and he proposes a particular union of rationalism, realism, and systemism as the logical and viable stance for social science practitioners.

338 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that the realist-neoliberal disagreement over conoict is not about its extent but about whether it is unnecessary, given states' goals, and distinguish between the offensive and defensive variants of realism.
Abstract: The study of conoict and cooperation has been an enduring task of scholars, with the most recent arguments being between realists and neoliberal institutionalists.1 Most students of the subject believe that realists argue that international politics is characterized by great conoict and that institutions play only a small role. They also believe that neoliberals claim that cooperation is more extensive, in large part because institutions are potent. I do not think that this formulation of the debate is correct. In the arst section of this article, I argue that the realist-neoliberal disagreement over conoict is not about its extent but about whether it is unnecessary, given states’ goals. In this context we cannot treat realism as monolithic, but must distinguish between the offensive and defensive variants.2 In the second section, I explain

336 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023736
20221,471
2021265
2020314
2019346
2018345