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Scientific Realism

Scientific Realism is the philosophical position that the entities, structures, and processes described by scientific theories exist mind-independently and that mature scientific theories are approximately true descriptions of the natural world.

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Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies

Monica J. Casper, Bruno Latour · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2000 · 5.1K citations

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Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach.

John Harp, Andrew Sayer · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1986 · 2.6K citations

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The agent-structure problem in international relations theory

Alexander Wendt · International Organization · 1987 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Models and Analogies in Science

Gavin Ardley · Philosophical Studies · 1965 · 1.8K citations

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Critical realism: essential readings

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 1.7K citations

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  1. SP
    Stathis Psillos

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

    13 publications · 746 citations

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  2. BC
    Bas C. van Fraassen

    Princeton University, United States

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. RB
    Roy Bhaskar

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 7.2K citations

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  4. MM
    Michela Massimi

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 776 citations

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  5. MS
    Margaret S. Archer

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 480 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    60 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    23 h-index

    32 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    36 publications

    7K citations

  4. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    22 h-index

    27 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    27 publications

    3K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    33 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    24 publications

    871 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    18 h-index

    25 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 190 publications · 29K citations

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  2. Philosophy of Science

    173 publications · 9.8K citations

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  3. Synthese

    129 publications · 5.8K citations

    42

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  4. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

    92 publications · 5.3K citations

    41

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  5. The Philosophical Review

    70 publications · 10.3K citations

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