The metaphysics of squaring scientific realism with referential indeterminacy

Erkenntnis 50 (1):83-90 (1999)
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This article clarifies the motivations for and commitments of metaphysical realism and shows that it is compatible with various kinds of referential indeterminacy.

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10.1023/a:1005424421707

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