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Park, Seungbae. "Formulational vs. Epistemological Debates Concerning Scientific Realism." Dialogue 59, no. 3 (2020): 479–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0012217320000062.

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ABSTRACTA formulational debate is a debate over whether certain definitions of scientific realism and antirealism are useful. By contrast, an epistemological debate is a debate over whether we have sufficient evidence for scientific realism and antirealism, defined in a certain manner. I argue that Hilary Putnam's definitions of scientific realism and antirealism are more useful than Bas van Fraassen's definitions of scientific realism and constructive empiricism because Putnam's definitions can generate both formulational and epistemological debates, whereas van Fraassen's can generate only f
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Henderson, Leah. "An introduction to the scientific realism debate." Metascience 26, no. 2 (2017): 219–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0184-z.

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Kauark-Leite, Patricia, and Ronaldo Penna Neves. "FROM SCIENTIFIC STRUCTURALISM TO TRANSCENDENTAL STRUCTURALISM." Kriterion: Revista de Filosofia 57, no. 135 (2016): 759–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-512x2016n13509pkl.

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ABSTRACT In the current debate between scientific realism and empiricism, both sides seem to embrace some sort of structuralism as an important component of their descriptions of science. The structural realism is generally presented in two versions: one ontic and the other epistemic. It has been argued that that epistemic structural realism (ESR) is close, if not identical, to a Kantian approach. We aim to show that this is not the case, since ESR, being fundamentally a realist position, cannot be fully consistent with a transcendental approach. Such a position is better called transcendental
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Forbes, Curtis. "Editor's Introduction." Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science 9, no. 1 (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v9i1.29354.

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The debate over scientific realism, simply put, is a debate over what we can and should believe about reality once we've critically assessed all the available arguments and empirical evidence. Thinking earnestly about the merits of scientific realism as a philosophical thesis requires navigating contentious historiographical issues, being familiar with the technical details of various scientific theories, and addressing disparate philosophical problems spanning aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and beyond. This issue of Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of
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Stanford, P. Kyle. "A Fond Farewell to "Approximate Truth"?" Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science 9, no. 1 (2018): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v9i1.28057.

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Most commonly, the scientific realism debate is seen as dividing those who do and do not think that the striking empirical and practical successes of at least our best scientific theories indicate with high probability that those theories are ‘approximately true’. But I want to suggest that this characterization of the debate has far outlived its usefulness. Not only does it obscure the central differences between two profoundly different types of contemporary scientific realist, but even more importantly it serves to disguise the most substantial points of actual disagreement between these tw
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Resnik, David B. "Hacking's Experimental Realism." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 24, no. 3 (1994): 395–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1994.10717376.

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Traditional debates about scientific realism tend to focus on issues concerning scientific representation (broadly speaking) and de-emphasize issues concerning scientific intervention. Questions about the relation between theories and the world, the nature of scientific inference, and the structure of scientific explanations have occupied a central place in the realism debate, while questions about experimentation and technology have not. Ian Hacking's experimental realism attempts to reverse this trend by shifting the defense of realism away from representation to intervention. Experimental r
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Chakravartty, Anjan, and Bas C. Van Fraassen. "What is Scientific Realism?" Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science 9, no. 1 (2018): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v9i1.26992.

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Decades of debate about scientific realism notwithstanding, we find ourselves bemused by what different philosophers appear to think it is, exactly. Does it require any sort of belief in relation to scientific theories and, if so, what sort? Is it rather typified by a certain understanding of the rationality of such beliefs? In the following dialogue we explore these questions in hopes of clarifying some convictions about what scientific realism is, and what it could or should be. En route, we encounter some profoundly divergent conceptions of the nature of science and of philosophy.
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Macarthur, David. "Exploding the Realism-Antirealism Debate: Putnam contra Putnam." Monist 103, no. 4 (2020): 370–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/monist/onaa010.

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Abstract Putnam is famous (or infamous) for often changing his allegiance between various forms of realism and antirealism. In this paper I want to use Putnam’s own reflections and insights on the realism-antirealism issue to provide a powerful case for skepticism about the entire debate—in spite of the fact that that is not Putnam’s own ultimate attitude. From this skeptical perspective, I shall argue that Putnam has helped us see that the realism-antirealism debate faces a dilemma: either it resolves into existence questions about particular items that are resolvable by, say, scientific or m
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McArthur, Dan. "Reconsidering Structural Realism." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 33, no. 4 (2003): 517–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.2003.10716553.

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In the lengthy debate over the question of scientific realism one of the least discussed positions is structural realism. However, this position ought to attract critical attention because it purports to preserve the central insights of the best arguments for both realism and anti-realism. John Worrall has in fact described it as being ‘the best of both worlds’ that recognizes the discontinuous nature of scientific change as well as the ‘no-miracles’ argument for scientific realism. However, the validity of this claim has been called into question by Stathis Psillos. He questions its ability t
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Pablos, Alex B. "How Ontic Structural Realism would Formalize Scientific Progress." ATHENS JOURNAL OF SCIENCES 8, no. 2 (2021): 147–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajs.8-2-4.

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This essay tries to make a tangential cut between the debate that seeks the most adequate definition of scientific progress (involving authors such as K. Popper, T Kuhn, A Bird or J Saatsi) and the debate on the viability of structural realism to be considered the best epistemological approach to the understanding of nature (B van Fraassen, J Ladyman, J Worrall, S Psillos...). Thus, we will first connect both debates by showing that they shared a common problem before their progressive distancing. Finally, we will outline a formulation of scientific progress inferred from the structural realis
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Debate on scientific realism"

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Onishi, Yukinori. "Epistemological Analysis of the Scientific Realism Debate." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199020.

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Ozer, Husnu. "Scientific Realism Debate In The Philosophy Of Science." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611579/index.pdf.

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The primary concern of this piece of work is to reconsider scientific realism debate in the philosophy of science. Accordingly, the overall aim is to come up with the clues of a viable scientific realist attitude in the face of anti-realist interpretations of scientific theories. To accomplish this aim, I make use of two modified versions of scientific realism, that is, &lsquo<br>epistemic structural realism&rsquo<br>and &lsquo<br>entity realism&rsquo<br>. Epistemic structural realism is a realist position of which proponents claim that the only knowable part of the reality is the structure of
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Borge, Bruno, and Roberto Azar. "The Nomological Realism vs. Antirealism Debate and the Inference to the Best Explanation." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113149.

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The dispute between nomological realists and anti-realists has been reflected in the formulation of various arguments and counterarguments that reach topics as diverse as modality, induction and the very scientific practice. In this context it is common to take the main realist argument –the nomological argument– for an instance of Inference to the Best Explanation, while Nomological Anti-realism is considered a skeptical alternative concerning natural laws, sustained by independent reasons. This paper aims to review that image of the Nomological Realism vs. Anti-realism debate in light of wha
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Park, Seungbae. "Scientific realism vs. scientific antirealism." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289710.

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According to Boyd/Putnam, scientific realism is the view that successful theories are typically approximately true and that their key terms typically refer. The no-miracle argument for the view holds that approximate truth and reference provide the best explanation of the success of science. I try to defend scientific realism from the following six lines of antirealist objections. First, constructive empiricists argue that inference to the best explanation is a problematic rule of inference. I try to show that their critiques of inference to the best explanation backfire on van Fraassen's posi
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Avilés, Cuauhtémoc. "Scientific realism and empiricist antirealism." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60434.

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This dissertation consists of a defence of scientific realism and a critique of empiricist antirealism. Strict empiricism is discussed in Chapter 1, in which it is argued that this variety of empiricism adequately describes only the initial stages of scientific research. Bas van Frassen's empiricist antirealism is then discussed in Chapter 2. Here, it is argued that this new position, although more sophisticated than earlier forms of empiricist antirealism, fails to constitute a genuinely acceptable alternative to scientific realism. The two main constituents of scientific realism--scientism a
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Pagonis, Constantine. "Quantum mechanics and scientific realism." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285261.

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Eng, David 1966. "The role of idealizations in the realism/anti-realism debate /." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69579.

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The thesis focuses on what impact the use of idealizations has on the realism/anti-realism debate concerning the fundamental laws of physics. My aim is modest. It is not to present an argument for either the realist or the anti-realist position but rather to show where the debate stands once we have considered recent arguments by Laymon and Cartwright which have made use of the notion of idealization assumptions. My intent is to point out the difficulties of Laymon's argument for realism in the hope of showing what must be accomplished in providing a more convincing argument for realism. I wil
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Huth, Brian R. "MODELS, PERSPECTIVES, AND SCIENTIFIC REALISM: ON RONALD GIERE’S PERSPECTIVAL REALISM." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397572435.

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Thorsteinsson, Huginn Freyr. "Scientific realism and theories of reference." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683550.

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Traditionally, scientific realism is divided into three different claims; a metaphysical claim, an epistemic claim and a semantic claim. In this thesis I argue for the importance of developing the semantic notion of reference in answering many of the challenges facing the realist position such as the Pessimistic Meta-induction and semantic incommensurability. I also think that looking more carefully at the idea of reference can prove important in making sense of how a realist can view progress within science. I discuss in detail problems that face any attempt relying heavily on the notion of r
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Karimi, Mirsaeid Mousavi. "Scientific Realism and the Fundamentality of Existence." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.503882.

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Books on the topic "Debate on scientific realism"

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Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the great debate about the nature of reality. Hacette India, 2009.

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Kumar, Manjit. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the great debate about the nature of reality. Hacette India, 2009.

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Rescher, Nicholas. Scientific Realism. Springer Netherlands, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3905-9.

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Cumpa, Javier, and Erwin Tegtmeier, eds. Phenomenological Realism Versus Scientific Realism. DE GRUYTER, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110326062.

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Niiniluoto, Ilkka. Critical scientific realism. Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Studies in scientific realism. Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Agazzi, Evandro, ed. Varieties of Scientific Realism. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51608-0.

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Calemi, Francesco Federico, ed. Metaphysics and Scientific Realism. De Gruyter, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110455915.

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Shaffer, Michael J. Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137271587.

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Nicholas, Rescher. Scientific realism: A critical reappraisal. D. Reidel, 1987.

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Book chapters on the topic "Debate on scientific realism"

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Sanchez, Halley D. "Critical Realism and The Scientific Realism Debate." In Phenomenology of Natural Science. Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2622-9_8.

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Agazzi, Evandro. "Introduction: The Conceptual Knots of the Realism Debate." In Varieties of Scientific Realism. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51608-0_1.

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Psillos, Stathis. "The Present State of the Scientific Realism Debate." In Knowing the Structure of Nature. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230234666_1.

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Ruyant, Quentin. "The Debates on Scientific Realism." In Synthese Library. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72349-1_1.

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Mizrahi, Moti. "Key Positions in the Contemporary Scientific Realism/Antirealism Debate." In Synthese Library. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58047-6_3.

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van Fraassen, Bas C. "Misdirection and Misconception in the Scientific Realism Debates." In Varieties of Scientific Realism. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51608-0_5.

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Alai, Mario. "The Debates on Scientific Realism Today: Knowledge and Objectivity in Science." In Varieties of Scientific Realism. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51608-0_2.

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Saatsi, Juha. "Scientific Realism and Historical Evidence: Shortcomings of the Current State of Debate." In EPSA Philosophy of Science: Amsterdam 2009. Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2404-4_28.

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Chiao, Joan Y. "Scientific Realism." In Philosophy of Cultural Neuroscience. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315148984-13.

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Agazzi, Evandro. "Scientific Realism." In Scientific Objectivity and Its Contexts. Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04660-0_5.

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Conference papers on the topic "Debate on scientific realism"

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"Proceedings V International Workshop on Rational Use of Medicines; III Worknowledge of Evidence-Informed Police; III Symposium ISPE BrazIntRIG; I Symposium of ISPE Brazilian Student Chapters." In V International Workshop on Rational Use of Medicines; III Worknowledge of Evidence-Informed Police; III Symposium ISPE BrazIntRIG; I Symposium of ISPE Brazilian Student Chapters. Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46943/v.iwrum.2021.02.

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Producing and sharing knowledge have been the main goals of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Sorocaba. With a focus on the rational use of medicines, the importance of the event is justified by highlighting one of the main concerns worldwide, with an important impact on society, health systems, institutions, and communities. The improvement of professional practices depends on the engagement of researchers, health professionals, managers, students, and others interested in improving health policies, programs, services, and actions. Developing and applying sc
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Lopes, Luciane Cruz. "Anais do V International Workshop on Rational Use of Medicines." In V International Workshop on Rational Use of Medicines. Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46943/v.iwrum.2021.01.

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Producing and sharing knowledge have been the main goals of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Sorocaba. With a focus on the rational use of medicines, the importance of the event is justified by highlighting one of the main concerns worldwide, with an important impact on society, health systems, institutions, and communities. The improvement of professional practices depends on the engagement of researchers, health professionals, managers, students, and others interested in improving health policies, programs, services, and actions. Developing and applying sc
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Babko-Malaya, O., J. Pustejovsky, M. Verhagen, and A. Meyers. "Modeling Debate within a Scientific Community." In 2013 International Conference on Social Intelligence and Technology (SOCIETY). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/society.2013.18.

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Cekanavicius, Linas. "TAR OR HONEY? THE CURE FOR RECESSION DEBATE." In SGEM 2014 Scientific SubConference on POLITICAL SCIENCES, LAW, FINANCE, ECONOMICS AND TOURISM. Stef92 Technology, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/b23/s7.070.

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Kozorezenko, P., and I. Orlov. "The soviet «Servere style» - a drink of freedom or crisis of socialist realism." In Scientific achievements of the third millennium. SPC "LJournal", 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/scienceconf-03-2021-57.

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Matsakis, Demetrios. "Comments on the debate over the proposal to redefine UTC." In 2014 XXXIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ursigass.2014.6928985.

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Pilar, Martin. "EGON BONDY AND BOHUMIL HRABAL ON THE WAY TO TOTAL REALISM." In 4th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS Proceedings. STEF92 Technology, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2017/62/s27.058.

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Kopcakova, Slavka. "SOCIALIST REALISM IN SLOVAK MUSIC - WHY DID TOTALITARIAN REGIMES NEED MUSIC AESTHETICS?" In 4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2017. Stef92 Technology, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2017/hb61/s16.59.

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Ryabov, A. V. "The course on "socialist realism" (From the history of the Russian avant-garde 1920-1930 years)." In Scientific dialogue: Questions of philosophy, sociology, history, political science. ЦНК МОАН, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/spc-01-08-2019-01.

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Ivan, Adrian. "THE PARENTAL AUTHORITY IN THE DEBATE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ROMANIA." In 2nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2015. Stef92 Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2015/b12/s3.135.

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Reports on the topic "Debate on scientific realism"

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Melnyk, Andriy. «INTELLECTUAL DARK WEB» AND PECULIARITIES OF PUBLIC DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2021.50.11113.

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The article focuses on the «Intellectual Dark Web», an informal group of scholars, publicists, and activists who openly opposed the identity politics, political correctness, and the dominance of leftist ideas in American intellectual life. The author examines the reasons for the emergence of this group, names the main representatives and finds that the existence of «dark intellectuals» is the evidence of important problems in US public discourse. The term «Intellectual Dark Web» was coined by businessman Eric Weinstein to describe those who openly opposed restrictions on freedom of speech by t
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Andreas, Balthasar, and Schalcher Hans-Rudolf. Research for Switzerland’s energy future. Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46446/publication_nrp70_nrp71.2020.1.en.

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The résumé of the NRP “Energy” is a scientific contribution to the process of opinion formation, to political and specialist debate as well as to the planning of strategies and measures necessary for the transformation of the energy system against the backdrop of Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050. With the suggested approaches and recommendations, the résumé is especially aimed at those key stakeholders who, to a considerable extent, shape the energy system and who can thus also influence its development.
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