GEOL-1021EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Anti-Realism, Counterargument, Empiricism
8 Aug 2020
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Science describes the observable world as well as the world that lies behind its appearance (gravitational pull, dna, electrons) This is a rough definition of realism. One doubt - the extent to which claims about the unobservable world must be hypothetical to the extent that they do transcend what can be firmly established on the basis of observation. Global anti-realism - raises the question of how language of any kind, including scientific language, can engage with the world. Summary = global antirealism ~ denies we have access to reality generally (not just science) So the unobservable world does not exist, and the observable world is also limited as we use conceptual frameworks and language thus changing it. Counterargument --> yes, we do use conceptual framework however we can test the adequacy of the description by interaction with the world (not just observation and description to discover world--> there is also interaction)
